# Accident 19730504011649A: Lkheed P2V5FUSDA, Union Springs, AL, May 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1973
- Place: Union Springs, AL
- Airport: Franklin
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.1676° N, 85.8112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANKLIN FLD (07A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1676&lon=-85.8112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45CK-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed PV-1 (registry code 5260104, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-pv-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED P2V5FUSDA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 67 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FKJ53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKJ53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730504011649A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DRG DECCA CAL PRIOR FIRST SWATH RUN ACFT DSCNDD AND HIT GND IN NEAR LVL FLT ATTITUDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA73FKJ53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKJ53), May 4, 1973: Lockheed PV-1 (N45CK), Union Springs, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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