# Accident 19730904028229A: Lkheed 18LEARSTAR, Pecos, TX, September 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1973
- Place: Pecos, TX
- Airport: Pecos Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 31.3824° N, 103.5107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PECOS MUNI (PEQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3824&lon=-103.5107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N669M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N669M-1973-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed 18-56 (registry code 5261642, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-18-56) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 18LEARSTAR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,290 total, 13 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730904028229A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW74AF012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF012), Sep 4, 1973: Lockheed L-18 (N669M), Pecos, TX, destroyed, 3 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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