- Date
- September 3, 1980
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2615ZCessna 402C
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800903068539I
- Case key
- 127583
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3732 80/9/3 SAN FRANCISCO,CA CESSNA 402C CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1213 N2615Z PX- 0 1 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 35, 4654 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1188 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICO,CA SAN FRANCISCO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- B-747 WAS ON STEEPER THAN NORMAL APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2615Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 402C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- International
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.