- Date
- August 18, 1973
- Place
- Placerville, CA · PLACERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1366NGrumman TBM
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730818026899A
- Case key
- 189055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2715 73/8/18 PLACERVILLE,CALIF GRUMMAN TBM CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 3500 TIME - 1030 N1366N PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLACERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLACERVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- APRX 584LBS OVR MAX GWT.SKIDDED OFF RWY OVR CLIFF,CRASHED ABT 1/2MI FRM APT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1366N
- Reported as
- Grumman TBM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Placerville
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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.