Douglas DC-3C N15HC

Summary

On 1 February 1975 at about 02:57 local time, a Douglas DC-3C registered N15HC, operated by Horizon Proper, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Houston, Texas, United States. 16 people were on board and 5 died, 4 were seriously injured, 7 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 February 1975 at 02:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Houston, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Houston Intercont

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Douglas DC-3C

Registration

N15HC

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Horizon Proper

Operating rule

Corporate/Executive

Purpose of flight

Corporate/Executive

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

Tulsa, Ok → Huntsville, Tx

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-0326

5 people died.

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

HIT 75FT TOWER ABT 2 MI FRM RWY.ATTMPTD COMB NDB& SURV APCH AFTER MISSED ILS APCH BLO MIN COND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.