Lockheed 18 N211W

14 September 1973 · Santa Lucia, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 14 September 1973 at about 06:00 local time, a Lockheed 18 registered N211W, operated by Media Aviation, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Santa Lucia, Mexico. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 September 1973 at 06:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Santa Lucia, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed 18
Registration: N211W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Media Aviation
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Z → Z
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0080

People

Nobody was injured.

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

CABIN FIRE POST-IMPACT, CREW LEFT COUNTRY.UNDER INVESTIGATION MEXICAN GOVT.

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 6-0080, 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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