- Date
- May 11, 1975
- Place
- Mesa, AZ · MESA, AZ
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N45516Lockheed 1049H
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750511021399A
- Case key
- 149309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1718 75/5/11 MESA,AZ LOCKHEED 1049H CR- 3 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1640 N45516 PX- 3 0 0 FERRY 38, 12300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 170 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MESA,AZ KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: DETONATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-4 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RAN OUT OF ADI FLUID, ALL ENGS DMGD INTERNALLY. HIT TREES & PLAYHOUSE LDG IN DESERT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45516
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1049H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Falcon Field
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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.