- Date
- December 9, 1968
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 5 minor, 99 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7314CLockheed 1649A
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4786 68/12/9 LAS VEGAS,NEV LOCKHEED 1649A CR- 0 0 8 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1830 N7314C PX- 0 0 96 CTR PASSG-D 48, 19250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCARRAN FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AIR TRAVEL FLIGHT,ERRONEOUSLY SVCD WITH JET FUEL. ACFT AIRBORNE PRIOR T V2.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7314C
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1649A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcarran Field
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