- Date
- June 26, 1979
- Place
- Humble City, NM · HUMBLE CITY, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7253CLockheed PV-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790626021259A
- Case key
- 135392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2196 79/6/26 NR.HUMBLE CITY,NM LOCKHEED PV-2 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 11000 TIME - 0540 N7253C PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1800 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ABANDONED ARMY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOVINGTON,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: GOVERNORS POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: DETONATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL CONTAMINATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - OTHER TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3600 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- L ENG RPM SURGE,FEATHERED.METAL FLAKES FOUND IN PROP GOV OIL.R ENG LOST PWR 5MIN LATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7253C
- Reported as
- Lockheed PV-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Abandoned Army
N7253CRegistration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · Lockheed PV-2Airframe modelLockheed PV-2Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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