- Date
- March 23, 1967
- Place
- Travis Afb, CA · TRAVIS AFB, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N756ZDouglas DC-7B
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118334
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0008 67/3/23 TRAVIS AFB,CALIF DOUGLAS DC-7B CR- 0 0 3 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1356 N756Z PX- 0 0 0 44, 8895 TOTAL HOURS, 164 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRAVIS AF BASE OPERATOR - UNIVERSAL AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO ASSURE TAXI CLEARANCE. ACFT ROLLED INTO GPU BETWEEN NO.3 AND NO.4 NACELLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756Z
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Travis Af Base
N756ZRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2019 · Douglas DC-7BFAirframe modelDouglas DC-7BFEngine modelWright TC18DA series
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