Vickers TYPE 668 VARSITY N65338

Summary

On 11 December 1983 at about 20:15 local time, a Vickers TYPE 668 VARSITY registered N65338 was involved in an accident near El Paso, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 December 1983 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

El Paso, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

West Texas (TX04)

Coordinates

31.7109, -106.3300

Aircraft

Vickers TYPE 668 VARSITY

Registration

N65338

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

El Paso → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84LA093

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT WAS ON A FLT FROM THE EL PASO INTL ARPT TO THE WEST TEXAS ARPT. A HARD LANDING WAS MADE CAUSING ALL THREE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE, FOLDED THE LEFT WING AFT JUST INBOARD OF THE ENG & TWISTED THE ENTIRE RIGHT WING ABOUT 30 DEG LEADING EDGE DOWN. ACCORDING TO THE PLT THE ACFT WAS FLOWN WITH 30 DEG OF FLAPS ON DOWNWIND & 47 DEG OF FLAPS ON BASE. HE ALSO REPORTED THAT BOTH AIRSPEED INDICATORS WERE STUCK AT 110 KTS. ACCORDING TO PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY AN UNIDENTIFIED PARTY, THE FLAPS WERE IN THE UP POSITION IN THE PATTERN & DURING TOUCHDOWN. TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE ACFT WHEEL TRACK IS ONLY 4 FT LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE RWY. THE PLT DID NOT HAVE A TYPE RATING NOR AUTHORIZATION IN LIEU OF A TYPE RATING FOR THE 15 MIN FERRY FLT. THE PLT HAD 4140 HRS CO-PLT TIME IN THEACFT, DURING WHICH HE HAD NEVER LANDED THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.