- Date
- August 11, 1978
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9759LBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780811023549A
- Case key
- 139952
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2069 78/8/11 SAN JOSE,CA BEECH C23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 1077 TIME - 1535 N9759L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 142 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID HILLVIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA TRACY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- VACUUM PUMP REMOVED,NO COVER PLATE INSTALLED ON ENGINE MOUNTING PAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9759L
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reid Hillview
N9759LRegistration cancelled Nov 26, 2012 · Beech C23Airframe modelBeech C23Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N9759L · 1
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