Lockheed 1049H N173W

19 April 1966 · Kadena Ab Okinawa, Other-Foreign Countries · Fatal

Summary

On 19 April 1966 at about 23:00 local time, a Lockheed 1049H registered N173W, operated by MGA Air Servic, was involved in an accident during static near Kadena Ab Okinawa, Other-Foreign Countries. 3 people were on board. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 April 1966 at 23:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Kadena Ab Okinawa, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Kadena Af Base
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed 1049H
Registration: N173W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: MGA Air Servic
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Charter-Cargo-International
Phase of flight: Static
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 6-0030

People

Injuries not recorded.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF OKINAWA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0030, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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26 Jan 1966	Lockheed 1049G N7115C	Jamaica New York, New York, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
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10 Feb 1967	Lockheed 1049H N6924C	Da Nang, Asia no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	No injuries	-
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