# Accident 19731215043079A: Lkheed 1049C55, Miami, FL, December 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1973
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6917C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6917C-1974-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed 1049H (registry code 5262122, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-1049h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 1049C55
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 11,550 total, 1,088 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA74AZ013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA74AZ013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731215043079A

## Narrative

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

OVERROTATED AT LIFT-OFF,FLOWN IN AREA OF REVERSE COMMAND,NEAR THE STALL REGIME.

## 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 DCA74AZ013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA74AZ013), Dec 15, 1973: Lockheed 1049H (N6917C), Miami, FL, 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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