# Accident 19790427037589A: Lkheed PV1AIRTDCORP, Guantanamo Bay, CU, April 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1979, 01:16 local time
- Place: Guantanamo Bay, CU
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N544B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N544B-2013-04-09) (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
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,720 total, 0 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790427037589A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA79DA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DA079), Apr 27, 1979: Lockheed PV-1 (N544B), Guamtanamo (Atlantic Ocean), 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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