- Date
- March 5, 1965
- Place
- Philipsburg, PA · PHILIPSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N600NLockheed L-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179781
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0093 65/3/5 PHILIPSBURG PA LOCKHEED L-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1358 N600N PX- 1 1 0 CORP/EXEC 36, 5334 TOTAL HOURS, 261 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MID-STATE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - FOG FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS FOG TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 33 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- EMERG CONDTNS FUEL TANK SELECTOR CONTROL BROKE VHF/DF CONTROLLED APPROACH.ARPT CLSD DU SNO ON RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600N
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mid-State