Lockheed L-1049 N6219C

18 October 1966 · Miami Fla, Florida, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 18 October 1966 at about 18:10 local time, a Lockheed L-1049 registered N6219C, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during static near Miami Fla, Florida, United States. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 October 1966 at 18:10
Classification: Incident
Location: Miami Fla, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Miami Intnl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049
Registration: N6219C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Static
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0037

People

Injuries not recorded.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
Not recorded	0	0	0	0

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

DURING ACFT FUELING.TUG RUPTURED FUEL LINE.ENSUING FIRE DAMAGED ACFT WING.

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 4-0037, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
6 May 1966	Lockheed L-1049 N6211C	Hartford Conn, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Aug 1967	Lockheed L-1049 N6206G	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Sep 1965	Lockheed L-1049 N9719C	Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	American Flyers Airline Corp.	No injuries	-
15 Dec 1965	Lockheed L-1049 N6914C	Alamosa, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	Fatal	3
29 Jan 1965	Lockheed L-1049 N4715G	Wilmington del, Delaware, United States no coordinates	Capitol Airways	No injuries	-
15 Jul 1964	Lockheed L-1049 N6223C	New York Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

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