# NTSB CHI78FEI32: Lockheed P38L, N3005, Whitehouse, OH, August 1, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 1, 1978
- Place: Whitehouse, OH · WHITEHOUSE, OH
- Location: 41.5216° N, 83.7957° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitehouse, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5216&lon=-83.7957&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 5, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 139399
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI78FEI32
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEI32

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3005-1982-07-22), registration cancelled 1982-07-22, S/N 5747, built 1944 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED P38L
- Registry model: [Lockheed P-38L-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-p-38l-5) (registry code 5260207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19780801031509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780801031509A), Aug 1, 1978: Lkheed P38L, Whitehouse, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal

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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