- Date
- August 7, 1979
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N36PLockheed 12A
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790807028909A
- Case key
- 133710
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3001 79/8/7 NR.PONTIAC,MI LOCKHEED 12A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1336 N36P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 46, 6540 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1846 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MI WEST BRANCH,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT RQSTD L TURNS BACK TO RWY.CRASHED INTO CULVERT STORAGE AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36P
- Reported as
- Lockheed 12A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oakland Pontiac
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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.
Other investigations on N36P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.