Beechcraft D18S N80385

9 August 1971 · Jenks, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 August 1971 at about 11:44 local time, a Beechcraft D18S registered N80385, operated by Hankins Airway, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Jenks, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 9 August 1971 at 11:44
Classification: Accident
Location: Jenks, Oklahoma, United States
Nearest airport: Riverside
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft D18S
Registration: N80385
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Hankins Airway
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2979

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT THOUGHT ELEV CTL BINDING.ABORTED.COVERING ONCTL COLUMN FOUND TO CONTACT PLTS SEAT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2979, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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