Lockheed 18 N1940S

11 April 1968 · Loreto, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 11 April 1968 at about 15:30 local time, a Lockheed 18 registered N1940S, operated by DYE Oxygen Co., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Loreto, Mexico. 8 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 April 1968 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Loreto, Mexico
Nearest airport: Flying Sportsmen
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed 18
Registration: N1940S
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: DYE Oxygen Co.
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0007

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
8	0	0	0	8

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 GOVT.OF MEXICO.STRUCK PARKED B-25, MEXICAN REGISTRATION

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 6-0007, 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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