- Date
- October 16, 1969
- Place
- Golden Gate, FL · GOLDEN GATE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N170LLockheed 18
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180763
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3272 69/10/16 GOLDEN GATE,FLA LOCKHEED 18 CR- 0 1 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0835 N170L PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 50, 31000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOLDEN GATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPA LOCKA,FLA ST.PETERSBURG,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-FUEL LEAKS FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FUMES IN CABIN SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ACFT EXPLODED ON GRND.1 TIME FERRY FLT FOR MAINT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N170L
- Reported as
- Lockheed 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Golden Gate
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