# Accident 20010109000809A: Worldwide Aeros AEROS-40B, Oakland, CA, January 9, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2001, 13:30 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7244° N, 122.2233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7244&lon=-122.2233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N819AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N819AC-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Worldwide Aeros AEROS-40B (registry code 9140300, https://openairdocs.org/model/worldwide-aeros-aeros-40b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010109000809A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)N819AC, AEROS-40B BLIMP, ENCOUNTERED STABILITY PROBLEMS DURING APPROACH AND LANDING AT THE OAKLAND, CA. INT'L AIRPORT AT APPROX. 1330 PST. THE PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT EXITED THE A/C AS IT BOUNCED AND SKIDDED ACROSS THE RAMP. THE A/C STRUCK THE LEFT WING OF AN UNOCCUPIED P-3 A/C PARKED ON THE RAMP. UPON EXITING THE A/C THE PILOTS ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE RIPCORDS ATTACHED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CAR (GONDOLA) TO NO AVAIL. THE GROUND CREW ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER THE A/C BUT COULD NOT REACH THE A/C BEFORE IT DRIFTED OFF. THE A/C DRIFTED APPROX. 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE OAKLAND AIRPORT WHEN IT STRUCK THE MAST OF A DOCKED SAIL BOAT CAUSING THE  ENVELOPE OF THE A/C TO LAND ON TOP OF A RESTAURENT WITH THE NOSE CONE OF THE A/C LANDING ON TOP OF AN ADDITIONAL DOCKED SAILBOAT. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTEDLY SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL AND LATER RELEASED . SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE A/C.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX01FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA071), Jan 9, 2001: Worldwide Aeros 40B (N819AC), Oakland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: One or both of the rear ballonet air relief valves remained in an open position for undetermined reasons, which caused an out-of-balance trim condition; also causal was the flight crew’s decision to…

## Other reports on N819AC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20000628009179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000628009179A), Jun 28, 2000: Aeros AEROS540B (N819AC), San Bernadino, CA, 1 fatal. (-23) During a landing capture operation of an airship, ground crew member Mr. Dean norsworthy collided with another ground crewman. Norsworthy was knocked…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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