# Accident 19790411006689A: Lkheed PV1AIRTDCORP, La Belle, FL, April 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1979, 05:00 local time
- Place: La Belle, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7209° N, 81.4525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of LaBelle, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7209&lon=-81.4525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8GW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8GW-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed PV-1 (registry code 5260104, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-pv-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED PV1AIRTDCORP
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKT54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKT54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790411006689A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT OVERSHOT LANDING AT NIGHT. UNKNOWN PILOT NOT FOUND. 4000 LBS. MARIJUANA FOUND ON BOARD.

## 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 MIA79FKT54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKT54), Apr 11, 1979: Lockheed PV-1 (N8GW), Belle Glade, FL, destroyed

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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