Brittnorman BN2A21 N97JA

11 April 1978 · San Jose, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 11 April 1978 at about 20:42 local time, a Brittnorman BN2A21 registered N97JA, operated by Cook Island AI, was involved in an accident during in flight near San Jose, California, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 April 1978 at 20:42
Classification: Accident
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Nearest airport: Reid-Hillview
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Brittnorman BN2A21
Registration: N97JA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Cook Island AI
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Long Beach, Ca → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-0980

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	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

ACFT EQUIPPED WITH FERRY TANKS.

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 3-0980, 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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