- Date
- February 3, 1963
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9740ZLockheed 1049H
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0003 63/2/3 SAN FRANCISCO,CAL LOCKHEED 1049H CR- 2 1 0 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1207 N9740Z PX- 2 3 0 42, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 883 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO OPERATOR - SLICK AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 15000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CONT INST APPCH AFTER VISUAL REFERENCE LOST BELOW AUTH MINIMUMS.INADEQUATE APPCH MONITOR BY PAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9740Z
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1049H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Francisco
N9740ZRegistration cancelled Jan 28, 2019 · Lockheed 1049H-82Airframe modelLockheed 1049H-82Engine modelWright TC18EA series
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