- Date
- August 4, 1966
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7385CBeech C-18S
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121370
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4379 66/8/4 SAN JOSE,CALIF BEECH C-18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 5039 TIME - 0545 N7385C PX- 0 0 8 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 167 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JOSE MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AUX TANKS PURPOSELY LEFT EMPTY TO REMAIN BELOW GROSS WEIGHT. NO ENROUTE REFUELING ACCOMPLISHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7385C
- Reported as
- Beech C-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Jose Muni
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.