- Date
- April 5, 1977
- Place
- Big Lake, TX · BIG LAKE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7070Lockheed 18
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770405008489A
- Case key
- 157296
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0618 77/4/5 NR.BIG LAKE,TX LOCKHEED 18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N7070 PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INJURY INDEX PRESUMED, ACFT FOUND ABANDONED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7070
- Reported as
- Lockheed 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7070Registration cancelled Nov 13, 2014 · Lockheed 18-56Airframe modelLockheed 18-56Engine modelWright C9GC&D series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.