ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13621
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| Date: | Saturday 12 March 1977 |
| Time: | 05:08 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | California Air Charter Inc |
| Registration: | N6616L |
| MSN: | 31-549 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oakland International Airport, 5 miles S of Oakland, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Fresno, California (FAT/KFAT) |
| Oakland, California (OAK/KOAK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 12 March 1977 when crashed on final approach to Oakland Airport, five miles south of Oakland, Alameda County, California, at the end of a cargo flight from Fresno. The aircraft was having problems maintaining speed and altitude, and collided with overhead wires and supporting poles. The pilot (sole person on board) was killed. The secondary cause of the crash appears to have been engine failure due to fuel starvation to the engines. According to the official NTSB report into the accident:
"left engine boost pump written up as inoperative. Left fuel gauge showed 1/2, right showed empty, x-feed on".
Registration N6616L cancelled by the FAA on June 23, 1977
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: OAK77FA025 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=56220&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6616L
3. http://www.qnet.com/~carcomm/ncal.htm
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ca/N6616L/
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1977/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-cheyenne-in-oakland-1-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-May-2015 17:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2017 15:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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