- Date
- January 30, 1969
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N959TBeech G18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191491
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0025 69/1/30 SAN FRANCISCO,CAL BEECH G18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0028 N959T PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 27, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 85 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER OPERATION OF FACILITIES WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- MAIL FLT.TUG DRIVER MISTOOK TAXIWAY FOR ROAD. SERVICE ROAD ROUTE POORLY LIGHTED,AND MARKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N959T
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Francisco
N959TRegistration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Beech G18SAirframe modelBeech G18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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.