- Date
- January 27, 1968
- Place
- Oakland, CA · OAKLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N371WABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112129
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0034 68/1/27 OAKLAND,CALIF BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 9 FERRY ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0532 N371WA PX- 0 0 1 47, 20086 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1171 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND OPERATOR - WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- CAPT FAILED TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION IN TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N371WA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland
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