# Accident 20120603023419A: Lockheed P2V-7, Modena, UT, June 3, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2012, 13:47 local time
- Place: Modena, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NI6A
- Location: 38.1147° N, 114.0372° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1147&lon=-114.0372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14447, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14447-2014-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed P2V-7 (registry code 5260112, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-p2v-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R3350-32WA (registry code 67042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r3350-32wa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED P2V-7
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R3350-32WA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,145 total, 1,850 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12GA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12GA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120603023419A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 3, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1347 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (PDT) (2047Z), N14447, A LOCKHEED P-2V-7, OPERATED BY NEPTUNE AVIATION (CILG), CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, APPROXIMATELY 20 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MODENA, UTAH.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND POST CRASH FIRE.  ON BOARD WERE THE TWO PILOTS; BOTH RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.  THERE WERE NO GROUND INJURIES.  THE POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMED THE FOREST AND UNDERBRUSH WITHIN AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES AND MERGED WITH THE ACTIVE FIRE BEING FOUGHT IN THE AREA AT THE TIME.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH WAS VMC WITH LIGHT WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

## 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 WPR12GA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12GA243), Jun 3, 2012: Lockheed P2V-7 (N14447), Modena, UT, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's misjudgment of terrain clearance while maneuvering for an aerial application run, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the flight…

## Other reports on N14447 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070716012689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070716012689I), Jul 16, 2007: Lkheed P2V7 (N14447), Missoula, MT, No damage. (-23) On July 16, 2007, at approximately 12 pm, mountain time, a Lockheed P2V-7 aircraft, N14447, operated by neptune aviation services, a title 14 of the code…

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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