Beechcraft H-35 N5458D

18 December 1976 · Vacaville, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 18 December 1976 at about 14:10 local time, a Beechcraft H-35 registered N5458D was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Vacaville, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 December 1976 at 14:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Vacaville, California, United States
Nearest airport: Nut Tree
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft H-35
Registration: N5458D
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3922

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	0	0	0

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.

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THROW OVER CONTROL WHEEL IN AN INOPERABLE POSITION

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 3-3922, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 May 1971	Beechcraft H-35 N320B	Hillsdale, Michigan, United States no coordinates	RD Langs	No injuries	-
24 Jun 1983	Beechcraft H-35 N5HK	Graceville, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
21 Jul 1967	Beechcraft H-35 N5442D	Belleville, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Skybird Associ	Fatal	1
13 May 1985	Beechcraft H-35 N5425D	Owyhee Reserv., Idaho, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
17 Apr 1965	Beechcraft H-35 N7931D	Redwood Falls Min, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
2 May 1965	Beechcraft H-35 N626T	Reno Nev, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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