De Havilland DCH-6 N97RA

7 February 1980 · College Sta, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 February 1980 at about 11:30 local time, a De Havilland DCH-6 registered N97RA, operated by Rio Airways In, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near College Sta, Texas, United States. 14 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: 7 February 1980 at 11:30
Classification: Accident
Location: College Sta, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Easterwood
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DCH-6
Registration: N97RA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Rio Airways In
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Dallas, Tx
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3085

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
14	0	0	0	14

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

R LOWER L/G LEG SEPARATED AT Y-JOINT.EMERG AD, T8OEA/9 ISSUED AFT ACCD ADDED TO INSP IN SB #6/380.

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 3-3085, 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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