Aviation Crash Map

Beechcraft C-45H N403SE

17 October 1982 · Taft, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 17 October 1982 at about 19:45 local time, a Beechcraft C-45H registered N403SE, operated by M.h. Yarter, was involved in an accident near Taft, California, United States. 14 people were on board and 14 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Taft, California, United States
Nearest airport
Private Airport
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Beechcraft C-45H
Registration
N403SE
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
M.h. Yarter
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Skydiving
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Taft → Taft
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX83FA012

People

14 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
14 14 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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A LOCAL FLIGHT INVOLVING A PARACHUTE JUMPING ACTIVITY. IN ADDITION TO THE PILOT, THERE WERE 12 PARACHUTISTS AND AN OBSERVER ON BOARD. THE PILOT INITIATED HIS TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 18. A WITNESS STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED TO CLIMB POWER, FOLLOWED BY THE GEAR RETRACTION. REPORTEDLY, THE AIRCRAFT HAD CLIMBED TO ABOUT 150 FT AGL WHEN THE NOSE PITCHED UP, TH PLANE ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND THEN IT CRASHED IN A STEEP LEFT BANK, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED WELL BEYOND ITS MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT AND AFT CG LIMITS. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL ON BOARD WAS NOT VERIFIED, BUT EVEN WITH NO FUEL, THE PLANE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 580 LBS OVER THE MAXIMUM LIMIT. WITH 100 GALLONS, THE ESTIMATED GROSS WEIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 9939 LBS WITH THE CG AT ABOUT 121 INCHES. THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATED GROSS WEIGHT WAS 8750 LBS WITH AN AFT CG LIMIT OF 117.6 INCHES. EXTENSIVE GROUND FIRE DAMAGE, BUT NO PREIMPACT, MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES EVIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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