- Date
- October 25, 1977
- Place
- Novato, CA · NOVATO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N388BBeech H35
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771025033139A
- Case key
- 145399
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3197 77/10/25 NOVATO,CA BEECH H35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 662 TIME - 0915 N388B PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 561 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GNOSS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOVATO,CA SANTA ROSA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N388B
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gnoss Field
N388BRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Beech H35Airframe modelBeech H35Engine modelContinental O-470 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.