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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Lkheed PV2AIRTDCORP · Humble City, NM · June 26, 1979

Date
June 26, 1979 · 05:20 local
Place
Humble City, NM
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7253C
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79FA047
Reported as
Lkheed PV2AIRTDCORP
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R280031
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Left engine surged after takeoff. Feathered. Right engine backfired. Shutdown. Landed in desert wheels up.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE SURGED AFTER TAKEOFF. FEATHERED. RIGHT ENGINE BACKFIRED. SHUTDOWN. LANDED IN DESERT WHEELS UP.

NTSB investigation

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