# NTSB DIA68I0028: Lockheed L-18, N777W, Baltimore, MD, January 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: January 8, 1968
- Place: Baltimore, MD · BALTIMORE, MD
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111588
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68I0028
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68I0028

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0001   68/1/8    BALTIMORE,MD        LOCKHEED L-18       CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0925                    N777W               PX-  0  0  1  CORP/EXEC                 UNK/NR, 18000 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        REMARKS- ACFT WINDSHIELD BLEW OUT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N777W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED L-18
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Friendship Intl

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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