# Accident 19780801031509A: Lkheed P38L, Whitehouse, OH, August 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1978
- Place: Whitehouse, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 41.5216° N, 83.7957° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitehouse, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5216&lon=-83.7957&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3005, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3005-1982-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed P-38L-5 (registry code 5260207, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-p-38l-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED P38L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,069 total, 53 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEI32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEI32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780801031509A

## 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 CHI78FEI32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEI32), Aug 1, 1978: Lockheed P38L (N3005), Whitehouse, OH, 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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