Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Dfw Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Dfw Airport, Texas 75261
Thursday, March 17, 1983 19:10 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
N80017 EXPERIENCED ENGINE TROUBLE AND SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE ENROUTE FROM AMARILLO, TX. LATER, BECAUSE OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THE PILOT SECURED ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT EXCEPT THE NO.2 RADIO, TRANSPONDER AND ROTATING BEACON. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY BUT COULD NOT TAXI FURTHER DUE TO LACK OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. N130L RETURNING FROM LUBBOCK,TX. AFTER LANDING AT DALLAS-FORT WORTH N130L PROCEEDED TO CROSS RWY 31L AND REDUCED POWER TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. AT THIS TIME HE NOTICED SOMETHING PROTRUDING TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY AND APPLIED BRAKES. AS HE REALIZED THE OBJECT WAS AN UNLIT AIRCRAFT WING HIS RIGHT PROPELLER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE AFT OUTBOARD SECTION OF N80017'S WING. THE PILOT OF N130L WAS NOT ADVISED OF THE POSITION OR CONDITION OF N80017 BY GROUND CONTROL WHEN CLEARED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP AREA.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/17/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1910 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | DFW AIRPORT |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 75261 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | DFW AIRPORT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | DFW |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 596 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1847 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | DFW |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 596 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 12 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 12 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 3 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 320 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 12 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1711 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 22228 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 7 2001 12:43PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N80017 | N130L |
| NTSB Number | FTW83LA162A | FTW83LA162B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Substantial | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | D-18S | E18 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | D-18S | E18 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | A-77 | E8S-9700 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 8750 | 9700 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 2 | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 16 1983 12:00AM | Jan 23 1983 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 4 | 12 |
| Airframe Hours | 6707 | 13394 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CATHRYN E. TEDDER | JIM HUDSON |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 5 | P.O. BOX 104 |
| Aircraft Owner City | TEXARKANA | MESQUITE |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 75501 | 75149 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | ABC AIRLINES | ABC AIRLINES INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. BOX 61611 | DFW AIRPORT |
| Operator City | DFW AIRPORT | |
| Operator State | TX | |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 75261 | |
| Operator Code | ||
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | AMA | LBB |
| Departure City | AMARILLO | LUBBOCK |
| Departure State | TX | TX |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1700 | 1730 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | ||
| Destination City | ||
| Destination State | ||
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Standing | Taxi |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 31R | 35 |
| Runway Length | 9000 | 11387 |
| Runway Width | 200 | 200 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |