- Date
- July 7, 1979
- Place
- Aruba (Atlantic Ocean) · ARUBA,ANTILLES, AO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N721NLockheed PV-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790707042849A
- Case key
- 134311
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3137 79/7/7 NR.ARUBA,ANTILLES LOCKHEED PV-1 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2623 TIME - 2100 N721N PX- 0 0 1 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA FT LAUDERDALE,FL 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 COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT RPRTD ELECT FAILURE.CRASHED IN INTL WATERS 1215NM SSE OF DEST.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N721N
- Reported as
- Lockheed PV-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N721NRegistration cancelled May 6, 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.