Howard Super Ventura (Howard 500) crash, Aug 3, 1972, Aus...
Howard Super Ventura (Howard 500) accident on August 3, 1972 near Austin-Robert Mueller Texas, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Oil exhaustion...
- Date: August 3, 1972
- Aircraft: Howard Super Ventura (Howard 500)
- Location: Austin-Robert Mueller Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Oil exhaustion from inadequate maintenance and inspection, with hydroplaning on a wet runway as a contributing factor.
A Howard 500 on a flight from Laredo toward Dallas lost one engine to oil exhaustion and diverted to Austin. It landed on a wet runway, hydroplaned off the side, and came to rest. All three occupants were uninjured.