# NTSB UNK72X0116: Lockheed 18, N1040E, Clarendon, Jamaica, September 11, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 11, 1972
- Place: Clarendon, Jamaica · CLARENDON, Jamaica
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 8, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168719
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK72X0116
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK72X0116

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0100  72/9/11    CLARENDON,JAMAICA   LOCKHEED 18         CR-  0  1  0  MISCELLANEOUS             CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 0130                    N1040E              PX-  1  0  1  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - VERNAMFIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CLARENDON,JAMAICA          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- TKOF FM UNLIGHTED RWY AT NITE.YAWED L INTO TREES.VAST AMT GANJA ONBD.RPTD BY GOVT OF JAMAICA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1040E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1040E-1972-10-20), registration cancelled 1972-10-20, S/N 2543 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED 18
- Registry model: [Lockheed 18-56](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-18-56) (registry code 5261642) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Vernamfield

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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