- Date
- April 11, 1978
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N97JABrittnorman BN2A21
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142314
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0980 78/4/11 SAN JOSE,CA BRITTNORMAN BN2A21 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2042 N97JA PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 48, 12000 TOTAL HOURS, 24 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID-HILLVIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT EQUIPPED WITH FERRY TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97JA
- Reported as
- Brittnorman BN2A21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reid-Hillview
N97JARegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2013 · Britten-Norman BN-2A-21Airframe modelBritten-Norman BN-2A-21Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.