# NTSB DEN66A0057: Lockheed PV-2, N7258C, Phoenix, AZ, February 3, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 3, 1966
- Place: Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 25, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174129
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66A0057
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66A0057

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0143   66/2/3    PHOENIX ARIZ        LOCKHEED PV-2       CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 7000
        TIME - 1504                    N7258C              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY HARBOR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
           COLLIDED WITH: RESIDENCE(S)                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PWR PLT-FUEL FED ENG.NACELLE FIRE,CAUSE-UNDETERMIN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7258C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7258C-1966-03-18), registration cancelled 1966-03-18, S/N 15-1103 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED PV-2
- Registry model: [Lockheed PV-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-pv-2) (registry code 5260106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Sky Harbor

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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