- Date
- February 13, 1975
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N118LVolpar 18
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750213008629A
- Case key
- 148344
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0628 75/2/13 SAN JOSE,CA VOLPAR 18 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 11000 TIME - 0757 N118L PX- 0 0 3 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 2100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JOSE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- NOSE GR FORK FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118L
- Reported as
- Volpar 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Jose Muni
N118LRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2013 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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 N118L · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.