- Date
- July 7, 1964
- Place
- Martinsville, VA · MARTINSVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N18946Lockheed 12A
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0027 64/7/7 MARTINSVILLE VA LOCKHEED 12A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 15165 TIME - 0515 N18946 PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTINSVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18946
- Reported as
- Lockheed 12A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Martinsville
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