- Date
- October 18, 1982, 03:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kosciusko, MS
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1040GLockheed 18
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71288
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was observed without lights making repeated low altitude passes over a pipeline right-of-way at night. The acftwas equipped with an internal aux fuel tank, non-standard internal plumbing, a large lever-operated petroleum products pump, an inflatable raft & other survival equipment. The cabin door was not found at the crash site. The pilots departedft. Lauderdale,FL 10/16/82 on a flt to the Bahamas & were expected to return 10/18/82.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1040G
- Reported as
- Lockheed 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2549
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-76, 1,425 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Vintage Sales Corporation
- Registered owner
- Vintage Sales Corporation
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,949 total · 150 in this make and model · 2,879 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark