# Accident 19750511021399A: Lkheed 1049C55, Mesa, AZ, May 11, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1975
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45516, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45516-1975-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed 1049H (registry code 5262122, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-1049h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 1049C55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 12,300 total, 170 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75AL061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750511021399A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF ADI FLUID, ALL ENGS DMGD INTERNALLY. HIT TREES & PLAYHOUSE LDG IN DESERT.

## 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 LAX75AL061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL061), May 11, 1975: Lockheed 1049H (N45516), Mesa, AZ, destroyed, 6 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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