- Date
- January 14, 1968
- Place
- Palm Sprgs, CA · PALM SPRGS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9818ZBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0273 68/1/14 PALM SPRGS,CALIF BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5100 TIME - 2210 N9818Z PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM SPRINGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 48 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LANDED IN DESERT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9818Z
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Springs
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