- Date
- December 8, 1975
- Place
- Oakland, CA · OAKLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4861Beech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751208039759A
- Case key
- 151755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3655 75/12/8 OAKLAND,CA BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 672 TIME - 0153 N4861 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 209 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CA SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT LOOKED AT INST PANEL. THOUGHT HE FELT VIBRATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4861
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland Intl
N4861Registration cancelled Sep 27, 2012 · 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.