# NTSB CHI65A0068: Lockheed L18, N512V, Ypsilanti, MI, January 14, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 14, 1965
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI · YPSILANTI, MI
- Location: 42.2444° N, 83.6212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ypsilanti, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2444&lon=-83.6212&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 24, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179887
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65A0068
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65A0068

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0330  65/1/14    YPSILANTI MICH      LOCKHEED L18        CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1208                    N512V               PX-  0  0  0  CHECK                     44, 11008 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            3870 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLOW RUN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              LANDING: GO-AROUND
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: FLAP ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FRAYED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- FLAP CABLE FAILED-HAD COME OFF PULLEY LAST AIRCRAFT INSPECTION 11/05/64
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N512V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N512V-1965-02-19), registration cancelled 1965-02-19, S/N 2580 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED L18
- Registry model: [Lockheed 18-56](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-18-56) (registry code 5261642) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Willow Run

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.

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