- Date
- July 3, 1968
- Place
- San Carlos, CA · SAN CARLOS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3640QBeech A-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1943 68/7/3 SAN CARLOS,CALIF BEECH A-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 114 TIME - 1005 N3640Q PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN CARLOS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT DID NOT CLOSE THROTTLE ALL THE WAY. WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH VERNIER TYPE THROTTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3640Q
- Reported as
- Beech A-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Carlos
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