- Date
- August 1, 1978
- Place
- Whitehouse, OH · WHITEHOUSE, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3005Lockheed P38L
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780801031509A
- Case key
- 139399
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3725 78/8/1 WHITEHOUSE,OH LOCKHEED P38L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 4069 TIME - 1155 N3005 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA OSHKOSH,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3005
- Reported as
- Lockheed P38L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.