- Date
- December 9, 1976
- Place
- Yosemite, CA · YOSEMITE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N80BDLockheed PV-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761209042349A
- Case key
- 157087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4169 76/12/9 YOSEMITE,CA LOCKHEED PV-1 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - UNK/NR N80BD PX- 0 0 0 OTHER AGE 29, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAJA,MEXICO RENO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 6/14/77.TRANSPORTATION OF NARCOTICS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80BD
- Reported as
- Lockheed PV-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N80BDRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Lockheed PV-1Airframe modelLockheed PV-1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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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.