- Date
- May 26, 1976
- Place
- San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N342EBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0010 76/5/26 SAN DIEGO,CA BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0859 N342E PX- 0 0 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 44, 8500 TOTAL HOURS, 400 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LINDBERGH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CA SAN DIEGO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- GR DYNAMIC BRAKE RELAY FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N342E
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Lindbergh
N342ERegistration cancelled Oct 3, 2012 · Beech E18SAirframe modelBeech E18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N342E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX92MA184Accident · 9 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportMount Haleakala, HIThe captain's decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions that obscured rising mountainous terrain and his failure to properly use available navigational information to remain clear of the island of maui. Contributing to the…NTSB LAX76F0015Accident · No injuriesClosedBahia De L.A., Mexico