- Date
- March 11, 1974
- Place
- Carson City, NV · CARSON CITY, NV
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8118QRobertson 414
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740311011199A
- Case key
- 124206
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1405 74/3/11 CARSON CITY,NEV ROBERTSON 414 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2142 N8118Q PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 61, 20250 TOTAL HOURS, 14 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARSON CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARSON CITY,NEV SAN JOSE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- DARK NIGHT.L TURN,CLIMBOUT INTO MTN.MED CERT DENIED DUE TO GLYCOSURIA.RCVRD 3/13/74.STC SA48AW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8118Q
- Reported as
- Robertson 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Carson City
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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.