# NTSB UNK65X0281: Lockheed L1049C, N6203, New York, NY, October 15, 1964

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 15, 1964
- Place: New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Location: 40.7143° N, 74.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7143&lon=-74.0060&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 76 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 29, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180570
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0281
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0281

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-0043  64/10/15   NEW YORK NY         LOCKHEED L1049C     CR-  0  0  5  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TIME - 1832                    N6203               PX-  0  0 71
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6203 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED L1049C
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Laguardia

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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