# Incident 19780630034849I: Lkheed 18LEARSTAR, Kissimmee, FL, June 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1978, 13:15 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3062° N, 81.4135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kissimmee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3062&lon=-81.4135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N608H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N608H-2013-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed 18-56 (registry code 5261642, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-18-56) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820 series (registry code 67020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 18LEARSTAR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780630034849I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE BEFORE START. RAN INTO AND DAMAGED 172, N46532.

## Other reports on N608H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780719043799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780719043799I), Jul 19, 1978: N608H, Palatka, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft abandoned and burned on a dirt road after marijuana unloaded. Last annual inspection 1974.

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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