19790427037589A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Lkheed PV1AIRTDCORP · Guantanamo Bay, CU · April 27, 1979

Date
April 27, 1979 · 01:16 local
Place
Guantanamo Bay, CU
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N544B
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79DA079
Reported as
Lkheed PV1AIRTDCORP
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R2800*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,720 total0 in this make and model174 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Over water at night. One engine feathered. Ran out of fuel. Ditched at sea. Aircraft broke up and sank.

As the FAA filed it

OVER WATER AT NIGHT. ONE ENGINE FEATHERED. RAN OUT OF FUEL. DITCHED AT SEA. AIRCRAFT BROKE UP AND SANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.