# NTSB OAK66A0012: Martin M-404, N444A, San Jose, CA, September 19, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 19, 1965
- Place: San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 24, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176295
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66A0012
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66A0012

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0060  65/9/19    SAN JOSE CALIF      MARTIN M-404        CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0718                    N444A               PX-  0  0  4                            37, 9642 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            2346 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JOSE MUNICPAL
        OPERATOR - PACIFIC AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
        REMARKS- RAMP AGENT@S ARM STRUCK PROP WHILE STOWING POWERCABLE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N444A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444A-1973-09-04), registration cancelled 1973-09-04, S/N 14121, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MARTIN M-404
- Registry model: [Martin 404](https://openairdocs.org/model/martin-404) (registry code 5450702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (registry code 52026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: San Jose Municpal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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