# NTSB DIA68A0035: Lockheed 188C, N135US, Wash.Natl.Apt, DC, March 3, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 3, 1968
- Place: Wash.Natl.Apt, DC · WASH.NATL.APT, DC
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 83 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112123
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68A0035
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68A0035

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0004   68/3/3    WASH.NATL.APT,DC    LOCKHEED 188C       CR-  0  0  6  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2257                    N135US              PX-  0  0 77                            37, 13489 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            2375 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WASH.NATL
        OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
        REMARKS- RAMP SERVICE MAN RAN INTO NO.4 PROP.OTHER ENGS SHUT DOWN. CREW WAITING FOR APU.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N135US](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N135US-1970-03-06), registration cancelled 1970-03-06, S/N 188C1139 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED 188C
- Registry model: [Lockheed 188C](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-188c) (registry code 5262604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Wash.Natl

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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