# NTSB OAK77FA015: Lockheed PV-1, N80BD, Yosemite, CA, December 9, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 9, 1976
- Place: Yosemite, CA · YOSEMITE, CA
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 157087
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK77FA015
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA015

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80BD-2012-09-10), registration cancelled 2012-09-10, S/N 5375, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED PV-1
- Registry model: [Lockheed PV-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-pv-1) (registry code 5260104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (registry code 52026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19761209042349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761209042349A), Dec 9, 1976: Lkheed P2V5FUSDA, CA, Destroyed

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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