Douglas DC-3C N514X

11 October 1971 · New Braunfels, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 October 1971 at about 18:10 local time, a Douglas DC-3C registered N514X, operated by Mid-America HO, was involved in an accident during in flight near New Braunfels, Texas, United States. 15 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 October 1971 at 18:10
Classification: Accident
Location: New Braunfels, Texas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3C
Registration: N514X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Mid-America HO
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: San Antonio, Tex → Dallas, Tex
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3318

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
15	0	0	0	15

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

FUEL PRESS IND/OIL DILUTION RESTRICTOR FITTING ON RT CARB FAILED.CAUSED UNCONTROLLED NACELLE FIRE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3318, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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