Consolidate PBY-5 N5907

17 May 1980 · Davis, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 May 1980 at about 14:35 local time, a Consolidate PBY-5 registered N5907, operated by Pyramid Aviati, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Davis, California, United States. 4 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: 17 May 1980 at 14:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Davis, California, United States
Nearest airport: Yolo County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Consolidate PBY-5
Registration: N5907
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pyramid Aviati
Operating rule: Unknown/Not Reported
Purpose of flight: Check
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3747

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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

EVID OF HEAT ADJ TO NR1 CYL.PUMP BUSHING FAILED.SUPERCHARGER BLOWER WIRED HI PSN.

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 3-3747, 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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