De Havilland 104-6A N420D
16 April 1970 · Morris, Illinois, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 16 April 1970 at about 12:10 local time, a De Havilland 104-6A registered N420D, operated by Fidelity Prope, was involved in an accident during in flight near Morris, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Morris, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- Morris Muni
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- De Havilland 104-6A
- Registration
- N420D
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Fidelity Prope
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Corporate/Executive
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Dupage, Ill
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1682
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PROP NOT FEA, DID NOT ENERGIZE FEA MOTOR, BUILD PRESSURE.FLAPS 20DEG, EXTDD LDG GR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other De Havilland 104 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 1971 | De Havilland 104-7X | Coolidge, Arizona, United States | Apache Airline | Fatal | 12 |
| 21 Sep 1968 | De Havilland 104 | Richmond, Ohio, United States | E.j.bennes Co. | Fatal | 2 |
| 29 Jul 1967 | De Havilland 104 | Lahaina, Hawaii, United States | Sky Tours Haw* | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 1966 | De Havilland 104-6A | Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States | Air Wisconsin | No injuries | - |
| 14 May 1964 | De Havilland 104 | Allentown Pa, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Apr 1964 | De Havilland 104 | Burbank Calif, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Torrance, California, United States | Sperry Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |