- Date
- March 19, 1972
- Place
- Hill Afb, UT · HILL AFB, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N851ULockheed 188
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0010 72/3/19 HILL AFB,UT LOCKHEED 188 CR- 0 0 3 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0007 N851U PX- 0 0 0 47, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILL AFB OPERATOR - UNIVERSAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,ARIZ HILL AFB,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PERSONNEL - FLIGHT ENGINEER: IMPROPER USE OF EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- LOW OIL LVL LITE ILLUMNTD.PROP OVRSPED DRG FTHR,INSFCNT OIL,UNK REASON.ENG OIL SUPPLY NOT RESTORED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N851U
- Reported as
- Lockheed 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hill Afb
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