# Accident 19760409012509A: Lkheed 18LEARSTAR, Brighton, FL, April 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1976
- Place: Brighton, FL
- Airport: Grass Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 27.2259° N, 81.0951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brighton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2259&lon=-81.0951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64E-1976-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed 18-56 (registry code 5261642, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-18-56) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright 1820F56 (registry code 67024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-1820f56) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 18LEARSTAR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,974 total, 28 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM076-153530) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760409012509A

## Narrative

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

FLD LENGTH 2500 FT, TOO SHORT FOR MAX GROSS WT TKOF. COLLIDED WITH TREES.

## 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 MIA76AM076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM076-153530), Apr 9, 1976: Lockheed 18-56 (N64E), Brighton, FL, 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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