- Date
- March 3, 1974
- Place
- Lake Placid, FL · LAKE PLACID, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32LLockheed 18-56
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740303007829A
- Case key
- 186791
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0649 74/3/3 LAKE PLACID,FLA LOCKHEED 18-56 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 17800 TIME - 0945 N32L PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLACID LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LOW LVL FLT.3244LB MARIJUANA ONBD.PULL UP TO AVOID PWR LINES.PLT TIME TO 11/30/73.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32L
- Reported as
- Lockheed 18-56
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Placid Lake
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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.