- Date
- April 12, 1979
- Place
- Lincolton, GA · LINCOLTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N250WLockheed L-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790412010169A
- Case key
- 137264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1860 79/4/12 LINCOLTON,GA LOCKHEED L-18 CR- 0 1 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0645 N250W PX- 0 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRATER RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLTON,GA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- APPROX 2000LBS MARIJUANA FOUND ON BOARD ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N250W
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Prater Ranch
N250WRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Lockheed 18Airframe modelLockheed 18Engine modelWright C9GC&D series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.