- Date
- May 5, 1969
- Place
- Sebring, FL · SEBRING, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7260CLockheed PV-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176261
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1966 69/5/5 SEBRING,FLA LOCKHEED PV-2 CR- 0 2 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 5053 TIME - 0845 N7260C PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1051 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEBRING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 800 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 63 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- REAR MASTER ROD BEARING FAILED.PLT DLAD FEATHERING ENG,DUMPING LOAD ANT BAIT. ENG SIEZED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7260C
- Reported as
- Lockheed PV-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sebring
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Other investigations on N7260C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.