Date: | Sunday 9 February 1975 |
Time: | 17:55 |
Type: | BAC One-Eleven 401AK |
Owner/operator: | Jet Travel |
Registration: | N711ST |
MSN: | 058 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | South Lake Tahoe Airport, CA (TVL) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Lake Tahoe Airport, CA (TVL/KTVL) |
Destination airport: | Denver (unknown airport), CO |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Departure from Lake Tahoe had to be delayed by 1 hour because of de-icing procedures and snow removal at the airport. Takeoff clearance was received at 17:55. At 1610 m into the takeoff run the left gear struck a snow-drift. The aircraft swerved off the left side of the runway and came to rest 66 m left of the runway. The nosegear and right wing were torn off. Weather at the time of the accident was bad: ceiling 30 m indefinite, sky obscured, visibility 200 m with heavy snow and a temperature of -0,6 deg. C.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - initiated flight in adverse weather conditions
copilot - failed to maintain directional control
FACTORS:
pilot in command - misused or failed to use flaps
personnel - airport supervisory personnel: improper/inadequate snow removal
airports/airways/facilities - airport conditions: snow on runway
weather - low ceiling
weather - snow
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | OAK75AP035 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Arno Janssen, via Werner Fischdick; South Lake Tahoe Airport, CA (TVL)
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