# NTSB UNK63X0103: Lockheed 1049G, N189S, Manhattan, KS, May 28, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 28, 1963
- Place: Manhattan, KS · MANHATTAN, KS
- Location: 39.1883° N, 96.6059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manhattan, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1883&lon=-96.6059&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 69 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 23, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180980
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK63X0103
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK63X0103

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0007  63/5/28    MANHATTAN,KANS      LOCKHEED 1049G      CR-  0  0  6  MILITARY CTR PASSG DOM    AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1746                    N189S               PX-  0  1 63                            44, 16200 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            357 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MANHATTAN
        OPERATOR - STANDARD AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER                       LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: ELECTRIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST REVERSAL-UNWANTED
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- INFLIGHT REVERSAL OF NO.3 PROPELLER DUE TO MALFUNCTION OF PROPELLER POWER UNIT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N189S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N189S-1963-07-11), registration cancelled 1963-07-11, S/N 4541 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED 1049G
- Registry model: [Lockheed 1049G](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-1049g) (registry code 5262119) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Manhattan

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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