- Date
- May 12, 1970
- Place
- Edwards Afb, CA · EDWARDS AFB, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N111ASBoeing 377MGT
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4387 70/5/12 EDWARDS AFB,CALIF BOEING 377MGT CR- 4 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0719 N111AS PX- 0 0 0 TEST 45, 6827 TOTAL HOURS, 34 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EDWARDS AFBASE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDWARDS AFB,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS MISC-CTL LOSS AT CRITICAL TIME-CAUSE UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLANNED 3 ENG TKOF ON TEST FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111AS
- Reported as
- Boeing 377MGT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Edwards Afbase
N111ASRegistration cancelled Jun 22, 1970 · Aero Spacelines 377MGT-1Airframe modelAero Spacelines 377MGT-1
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