- Date
- January 8, 1968
- Place
- San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N82BBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111566
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4633 68/1/8 SAN DIEGO,CALIF BEECH E18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 7224 TIME - 1040 N82B PX- 2 1 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 477 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINDBERGH FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRACKED SHROUD,THIRD STAGE STATOR ASSY.PLT USED MIN T/O RUN,MIN T/O SPEED,STEEP CLIMB/TURN AT 50FT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82B
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lindbergh Field
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