Plane Crash List

Beechcraft P60 N973T

24 September 1985 · San Jose, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 September 1985 at about 02:00 local time, a Beechcraft P60 registered N973T was involved in an accident near San Jose, California, United States. 3 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
at 02:00
Classification
Accident
Location
San Jose, California, United States
Nearest airport
Reid Hillview (RHV)
Coordinates
37.3300, -121.7695
Aircraft
Beechcraft P60
Registration
N973T
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Columbia → San Jose
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Dusk
NTSB number
LAX85LA401

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

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

DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RNWY AND MADE CONTACT WITH A TAXIWAY MARKER WHICH WAS THEN THROWN AGAINST THE ACFT, PUNCTURING THE PRESSURE BULKHEAD COMPARTMENT. EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT BRAKE ASSEMBLY REVEALED EVIDENCE OF LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID AND AN EMPTY FLUID RESERVOIR. THE 'O' RINGS IN THE LEFT BRAKE MIDDLE PISTON WERE FOUND TO BE 'FLATTENED'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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