Dehaviland DHC-3 N5370G

10 May 1978 · Del Rio, Texas, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 10 May 1978 at about 11:30 local time, a Dehaviland DHC-3 registered N5370G, operated by Civil Air Ptrl, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Del Rio, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 May 1978 at 11:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Del Rio, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Del Rio Interntl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Dehaviland DHC-3
Registration: N5370G
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Civil Air Ptrl
Operating rule: Civil Air Patrol
Purpose of flight: Search and Rescue
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Alamagordo, Nm
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0895

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	3	0	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

ELEV PUSH-PULL TUBE BROKEN.ACFT PARKED IN WINDS 30G58, CTLS NOT LOCKED.

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 3-0895, 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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