- Date
- October 11, 1965
- Place
- Tupelo, MS · TUPELO, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7254CLockheed PV-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0834 65/10/11 TUPELO MISS. LOCKHEED PV-2 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 9200 TIME - 0930 N7254C PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUPELO MUNCIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- HYD HOSE RUPTURED,PILOT USED EMER HYD SYSTEM,FAILED TO POSITION EMER BRAKE CONTROL VALVE FULL ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7254C
- Reported as
- Lockheed PV-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tupelo Muncipal
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.