- Date
- March 7, 1966
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA · PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1398ZBeech 95
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2355 66/3/7 PALM SPRINGS CALI BEECH 95 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 71, 1100 TIME - 1415 N1398Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM SPRINGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - DOOR/PANEL OPEN REMARKS- PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT TAKEOFF IMMEDIATELY WHEN CABIN DOOR OPENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1398Z
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Springs