ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331297
| Date: | Friday 5 December 1969 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | Troy G. Hawkins |
| Registration: | N410M |
| MSN: | 18-2203 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Albuquerque, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS) |
| Dalhart Airport, TX (DHT/KDHT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The VFR rated pilot continued flight in poor weather. Airframe icing caused the left wing to fail in flight. The aircraft lost control and crashed. The Lodestar was not equipped with de-icing boots.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
pilot in command - attempted operation with known deficiencies in equipment
pilot in command - continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions
pilot in command - exceeded designed stress limits of aircraft
airframe - wings: spars
miscellaneous acts, conditions - overload failure
FACTOR(S):
miscellaneous acts, conditions - separation in flight
weather - icing conditions-includes sleet, freezing rain,etc.
miscellaneous acts, conditions - airframe ice
weather briefing - briefed by flight service personnel, by phone
weather forecast - forecast substantially correct
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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