- Date
- September 25, 1965
- Place
- Mojave, CA · MOJAVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1038VBoeing 377SG
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0837 65/9/25 NR.MOJAVE,CALIF BOEING 377SG CR- 0 0 6 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0715 N1038V PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION 45, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, 12 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: STRINGERS PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- MODIFIED C-97 AIRCRAFT CALLED SUPER GUPPY-MODIFIED FUSELAGE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1038V
- Reported as
- Boeing 377SG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage