37.6188° N, 122.3754° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 14, 1987 · 07:40 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
San Francisco International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
UNIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N398B
Reported as
Beech E18S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Directional control was lost as takeoff roll started. Left runway side and struck a runway edge light.
As the FAA filed it
DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AS TAKEOFF ROLL STARTED. LEFT RUNWAY SIDE AND STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT.