- Date
- September 15, 1978
- Place
- Columbia, CA · COLUMBIA, CA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N978QBeech 65A-80
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780915033859A
- Case key
- 139261
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3015 78/9/15 COLUMBIA,CA BEECH 65A-80 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1925 N978Q PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG 26, 3693 TOTAL HOURS, 14 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CA COLUMBIA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- BRAKE FAILURE ON LNDG ROLL.ACFT STRUCK BOULDER OFF END OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N978Q
- Reported as
- Beech 65A-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbia
N978QRegistration cancelled Jul 1, 2013 · Beech 65-A80Airframe modelBeech 65-A80Engine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
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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 N978Q · 1
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