ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334567
Date: | Thursday 20 December 1956 |
Time: | 19:23 |
Type: | Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
Owner/operator: | United States Steel Corporation |
Registration: | N1245V |
MSN: | 18-2470 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3715 hours |
Engine model: | Wright R-1820-56 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 8 km N of Tyrone, PA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT) |
Destination airport: | New York (unknown airport), NY |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Lost control while at cruising altitude of 9000 feet. During the uncontrolled descent the aircraft failed structurally as a result of airloads in excess of design strength.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the loss of control for reasons unknown resulting in a rapid descent during which structural failure occurred."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
CAB File No. 2-0065
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