Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1965 |
Time: | 16:24 |
Type: | Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon |
Operator: | Micronesian Airlines |
Registration: | N7671C |
MSN: | 15-1120 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | near Hayward Municipal Airport, CA (HWD) ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Hayward Municipal Airport, CA (HWD/KHWD), United States of America |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The aircraft was initially manufactured as a Lockheed PV-2 for the US Navy. After military service it was converted by Oakland Airmotive Corp for civilian use, including some modifications used in the Oakland Centaurus.
Errors made in modification work and loading resulted in an out of limits aft Centre of Gravity. The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff while on a delivery flight to Micronesian Airlines.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE:
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: improper maintenance (maintenance personnel)
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate inspection of aircraft (maintenance personnel)
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly loaded aircraft-weight-and/or c.g.
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - unapproved modification
Classification:
Centre of Gravity outside limits
Loss of control
Sources:
» NTSB
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.