- Date
- April 27, 1979
- Place
- Guamtanamo (Atlantic Ocean) · GUAMTANAMO,CUBA, AO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N544BLockheed PV-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790427037589A
- Case key
- 135573
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3139 79/4/27 NR.GUAMTANAMO,CUBA LOCKHEED PV-1 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2720 TIME - 0116 N544B PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FT LAUDERDALE,FL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT RPTD NAV INSTRUMENTS OUT.DITCHED IN INTL WATERS 20NM S OF CUBA.DEBRIS RCVRD.INJ INDEX PRESUMED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N544B
- Reported as
- Lockheed PV-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N544BRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2013 · Lockheed PV-1Airframe modelLockheed PV-1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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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.