- Date
- February 1, 1975
- Place
- Egg Harbor, NJ · EGG HARBOR, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N234YULockheed PV-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750201007599A
- Case key
- 132376
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0370 75/2/1 EGG HARBOR,NJ LOCKHEED PV-1 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1032 N234YU PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 44, 2543 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 965 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETOWN,PA POMONA,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 31 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 10 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASHED IN STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE DURING 350 DEG HDG CHANGE TO INTERCEPT LOCALIZER.ICGIC IN AREA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N234YU
- Reported as
- Lockheed PV-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.