- Date
- May 9, 1978
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N12223Handly Page HP 137
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780509017709A
- Case key
- 141972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1615 78/5/9 SACRAMENTO,CA HANDLY PAGE HP 137 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1800 N12223 PX- 0 0 12 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 30, 5311 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1240 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CA SANTA BARBARA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER SYSTEM: PITCH CHANGING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOOSE BEARING CAUSED ENG OVERPOWER WHICH EXTENDED ABORTED TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12223
- Reported as
- Handly Page HP 137
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sacramento Metro
N12223Registration cancelled Jun 12, 2012 · Handley Page HP-137 MK1Airframe modelHandley Page HP-137 MK1Engine modelTurbomeca ASTAZOU XIVC
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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.