- Date
- July 10, 1973
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8736ABeech A35
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730710028039A
- Case key
- 189397
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2135 73/7/10 SACRAMENTO,CALIF BEECH A35 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1103 TIME - 0803 N8736A PX- 1 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 119 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CALIF SACRAMENTO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- DC-10 PREVIOUSLY SHOT TOUCH & GO.APRX 142LBS OVR MAX GWT,2IN AFT REAR C.G. LIMIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8736A
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Metro
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8736A · 1
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