Beechcraft D18S N118L
14 March 1973 · Oakland, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 14 March 1973 at about 02:01 local time, a Beechcraft D18S registered N118L, operated by Valley Airline, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Oakland, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 02:01
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Oakland, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Oakland Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft D18S
- Registration
- N118L
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Valley Airline
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Fresno, Calif → San Francisco, Calif
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0510
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
NOSE GR R HAND DRIVE SHAFT SUPPORT BRACKET FAILED. PLT UN EXTEND GR MANUALLY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jul 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | Buckeye Air SE | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Mitchell, South Dakota, United States | Executive Air | No injuries | - |
| 14 Nov 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States | Semo Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Feeding Hill, Massachusetts, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 11 Sep 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Middle Caicos, Other-Foreign Countries | Rayburn D Morg | No injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries | - | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |