De Havilland OHC-1 N8DW

22 January 1977 · Walls, Mississippi, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 22 January 1977 at about 14:00 local time, a De Havilland OHC-1 registered N8DW was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Walls, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 January 1977 at 14:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Walls, Mississippi, United States
Nearest airport: Twinkletown
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland OHC-1
Registration: N8DW
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Training
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0667

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

L FLAP INBOARD HINGE BKN.HINGE RUSTED, SLACK IN CABLE ALLOWED BOTH FLAPS TO RETRACT.

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 3-0667, 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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