- Date
- September 12, 1966
- Place
- Tokyo, JA · TOKYO, Japan
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2282Douglas DC-7C
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121416
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0016 66/9/12 TOKYO,JAPAN DOUGLAS DC-7C CR- 0 1 3 MIL CONTRACT CARGO INTL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2202 N2282 PX- 0 0 0 46, 15906 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1782 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TACHIKAWA AFB OPERATOR - AIRLIFT INTERNATIONAL,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CARGO IMPROPERLY LOADED.ACFT UNABLE TO BE ROTATED FOR TAKEOFF UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS.FORWARD CG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2282
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tachikawa Afb
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