Lockheed 18 L/S CF-BAL
7 July 1972 · Wales, Alaska, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 7 July 1972 at about 15:00 local time, a Lockheed 18 L/S registered CF-BAL, operated by Lost River MIN, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Wales, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Wales, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lost River Mine
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Lockheed 18 L/S
- Registration
- CF-BAL
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Lost River MIN
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown/Not Reported
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- E-0010
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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
HIT LARGE GRAVEL PILE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 11 Sep 1972 | Lockheed 18 | Clarendon, Other-Foreign Countries | Karol Investme | Fatal | 1 |
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| 14 Sep 1973 | Lockheed 18 | Santa Lucia, Mexico | Media Aviation | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |