| Date: | Saturday 28 September 1968 |
| Time: | 16:13 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1649A Starliner |
| Owner/operator: | Willair International |
| Registration: | N8081H |
| MSN: | 1026 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Stockton, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Stockton Airport, CA (SCK/KSCK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly before touchdown the right main landing gear struck a 7 inch raised lip of a blast pad 102 feet short of the runway. The gear collapsed, causing irreparable damage to the aircraft.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
dual student - misjudged distance and altitude
pilot in command - inadequate supervision of flight
FACTOR(S)
miscellaneous acts, conditions - overload failure
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File 3-4637
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