# Accident 19790420011079A: Lkheed 18LKHEED, Brownsville, TX, April 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1979, 06:50 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9017° N, 97.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9017&lon=-97.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711BR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711BR-2013-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed 18-56 (registry code 5261642, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-18-56) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C9GC&D series (registry code 67027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c9gc-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 18LKHEED
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R182087
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 7 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790420011079A

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOT RATED IN ACFT. 3734 POUNDS OVER GROSS. LOST OIL FROM FAULTY OIL COOLER. MADE FORCED LANDING.

## 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 FTW79FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA073), Apr 20, 1979: Lockheed 18 (N711BR), Brownsville, TX, substantial damage

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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