# NTSB MIA66A0040: Lockheed PV-2, N7254C, Tupelo, MS, October 11, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 11, 1965
- Place: Tupelo, MS · TUPELO, MS
- Location: 34.2576° N, 88.7034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tupelo, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2576&lon=-88.7034&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 18, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175831
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66A0040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66A0040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7254C-1970-11-20), registration cancelled 1970-11-20, S/N 15-1185 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED PV-2
- Registry model: [Lockheed PV-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-pv-2) (registry code 5260106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Tupelo Muncipal

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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