Lockheed PV-1 N721N

7 July 1979 · Aruba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 7 July 1979 at about 21:00 local time, a Lockheed PV-1 registered N721N was involved in an accident during in flight near Aruba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 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: 7 July 1979 at 21:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Aruba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed PV-1
Registration: N721N
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Training
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Atlanta, Ga → Ft Lauderdale, Fl
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-3137

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

PLT RPRTD ELECT FAILURE.CRASHED IN INTL WATERS 1215NM SSE OF DEST.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.

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 3-3137, 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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Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Lockheed PV-1 18 1979 4,210

Other Lockheed PV-1 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
26 May 1979	Lockheed PV-1 N1514S	Dania, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Apr 1979	Lockheed PV-1 N8GW	Belle Glade, Florida, United States no coordinates	World Photo	No injuries	-
27 Apr 1979	Lockheed PV-1 N544B	Guamtanamo, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
9 Dec 1976	Lockheed PV-1 N80BD	Yosemite, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Feb 1975	Lockheed PV-1 N234YU	Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Ebco MFG Co	Fatal	2
1 Apr 1975	Lockheed PV-1 N730EG	Culiacan, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2

All 18 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 May 1979	Aero Comdr 500 N3836C	Treasure Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Palm Beach AVI	No injuries	-
24 Sep 1979	Cessna 210 N8279M	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Centaur AVN	No injuries	-
6 May 1979	Cessna 185 N561MC	Jamaica, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Jul 1979	Piper PA-18 N811H	Martha's Vnyrd, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Aug 1980	Piper PA-23 N5076Y	Little Rag Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Nov 1980	Bell 206B N10696	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Helicopter AVN	Fatal	4

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.