- Date
- June 29, 1988, 06:25 local (11:25 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3756QNorthrop C-125A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880629027419A
- Case key
- 22457
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot did not hold a type rating or written authorization to act as pilot in command. The co-pilot did not hold a type rating or written authorization to act as second in command and his medical had expired. The aircraft did not have an airworthiness certificate nor had a special flight permit been issued. The left propeller went into reverse during the initial climb due to corrosion and deterioration of the wiring that controlled the propeller. The acft crashed out of control after colliding with power lines during takeoff. It struck the ground and went thru a fence then down a slope and over an embankment. The acft then bounced across a street while turning around and colliding with a power line pole tail first. The acft had traveled about 537 ft from initial ground contact. All 3 engines were still producing power when the acft came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3756Q
- Reported as
- Northrop C-125A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 48-634
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-202A, 1,275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Darryl G. Greenamyer, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 2, 1988 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- TUL
- Destination
- FOF · Dayton, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TUL · Tulsa International, runway 26, 7,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,274 total · 56 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.