# Accident 20031003024689A: Lkheed P2V7, East Redlands, CA, October 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2003, 11:30 local time
- Place: East Redlands, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PLQG
- Location: 34.1386° N, 117.0950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1386&lon=-117.0950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N299MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299MA-2004-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed P2V-7 (registry code 5260112, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-p2v-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R3350-42 (registry code 67041, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r3350-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED P2V7
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R335042
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 6,900 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031003024689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10-03-2003, N299MA, A P2V NEPTUNE (AIR TANKER), OPERATED BY THE U.S. FORESTRY SERVICE, PRESCOTT, AZ. IN ROUTE TO SAN BERNARDINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, (AIR TANKER BASE) SAN BERNARDINO, CA. CRASHED IN THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN FOUR MILES NORTHEAST OF REDLANDS, CA. AT APPROXIMATELY 031130PDT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED ENTERING IMC JUST PRIOR TO CRASH AND WAS NOT ON INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN OR FLIGHT FOLLOWING WITH FLIGHT SERVICE. THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 LAX04FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA002), Oct 3, 2003: Lockheed P2V (N299MA), East Highlands, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions that resulted in controlled flight into mountainous terrain.

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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