ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162861
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| Date: | Sunday 24 September 1972 |
| Time: | 15:24 |
| Type: |  Canadair Sabre V (F-86F) |
| Owner/operator: | Spectrum Air |
| Registration: | N275X |
| MSN: | 1065 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento Airport, CA |
| Sacramento Airport, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Sabre was returning to Oakland after attending the Golden West Aviation Show at Sacramento Airport.
On take off the jet failed to obtain flying speed owing to over-rotation, and ran off the end of the runway at speed. It crashed through a chain-link fence at the airport boundary, went across Freeport Boulevard crushing a parked car killing two persons, before crashing into Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor located in the Crossroads shopping center and killing a further twenty, twelve of them children. Eight persons (including the pilot) suffered serious injuries.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the overrotation of the aircraft and subsequent derogation of the performance capability. The overrotation was the result of inadequate pilot proficiency in the aircraft and misleading visual cues.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=66685&key=0
http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Sabrejet_crash_site.htm
Netherlands national archive, press photo of the crash scene: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/da264287-ae0b-707c-7953-625c913e21ba
History of this aircraft
Ex RCAF 23275.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Dec-2013 01:40 | angels one five | Added |
| 20-Jan-2017 15:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2017 17:13 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 01-Feb-2019 15:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2020 17:27 | harro | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 25-Nov-2021 17:20 | Hoekb03 | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Dec-2021 19:42 | rvargast17 | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
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