- Date
- April 22, 1966
- Place
- Ardmore, OK · ARDMORE, OK
- Injuries
- 83 fatal, 15 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N183HLockheed L-188C
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0001 66/4/22 ARDMORE,OKLA LOCKHEED L-188C CR- 5 0 0 MILITARY CTR PASSG DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2030 N183H PX- 78 15 0 59, 16247 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1247 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARDMORE MUNICIPAL OPERATOR - AMERICAN FLYERS AIRLINE CORP. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MILITARY WX BRIEFED.ACFT STRUCK HILL ON VISUAL,CIRCLING APPROACH UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CONDITION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N183H
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ardmore Municipal
N183HRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2009 · Lockheed 188CAirframe modelLockheed 188CEngine modelAllison 501-D13 series
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.