# NTSB OAK70A0036: Lockheed 1649A, N7314C, Las Vegas, NV, December 9, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: December 9, 1968
- Place: Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 5 minor, 99 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 8, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192010
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70A0036
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70A0036

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7314C-1970-09-04), registration cancelled 1970-09-04, S/N 1016 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED 1649A
- Registry model: [Lockheed 1649A-98](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-1649a-98) (registry code 5262202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mcarran Field

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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