ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332568
Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1965 |
Time: | 16:24 |
Type: | Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon |
Owner/operator: | Micronesian Airlines |
Registration: | N7671C |
MSN: | 15-1120 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Hayward Municipal Airport, CA (HWD) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Hayward Municipal Airport, CA (HWD/KHWD) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft was initially manufactured as a Lockheed PV-2 for the US Navy. After military service it was converted by Oakland Airmotive Corp for civilian use, including some modifications used in the Oakland Centaurus.
Errors made in modification work and loading resulted in an out of limits aft Centre of Gravity. The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff while on a delivery flight to Micronesian Airlines.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: improper maintenance (maintenance personnel)
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate inspection of aircraft (maintenance personnel)
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly loaded aircraft-weight-and/or c.g.
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - unapproved modification
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | OAK66A0008 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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