# NTSB OAK70A0018: Dehavilland DH104, N13114, San Francisco, CA, September 11, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 11, 1969
- Place: San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 6, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160206
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70A0018
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70A0018

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3314  69/9/11    SAN FRANCISCO,CAL   DEHAVILLAND DH104   CR-  1  1  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2137                    N13114              PX-  0  0  0  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      AGE 26, 2187 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D        650 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EUREKA,CALIF                SAN FRANCISCO,CAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- PLT RPRTED LOSS OF PITCH CTL ON BASE LEG. ACFT NOT RECOVERED. PLT DROWNED,BODY FOUND 9/18/69.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13114](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13114-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N 04092, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DH104
- Registry model: [Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 6BA](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dh104-dove-6ba) (registry code 2800412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: San Francisco

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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