Rockwell In 690A N24BT

13 August 1979 · Castle Afb, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 August 1979 at about 17:53 local time, a Rockwell In 690A registered N24BT, operated by Brazil LND CAT, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Castle Afb, 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: 13 August 1979 at 17:53
Classification: Accident
Location: Castle Afb, California, United States
Nearest airport: Castle Afb
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Rockwell In 690A
Registration: N24BT
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Brazil LND CAT
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Fresno, Ca → Modesto, Ca
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2019

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

RGT MAIN WHEEL BEARING FAILED & WHEEL SEPARATED IN FLT.

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 3-2019, 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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