Lockheed 18 N163R

5 January 1980 · Palmyra Island, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 5 January 1980 at about 07:00 local time, a Lockheed 18 registered N163R was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Palmyra Island, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.. 9 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 January 1980 at 07:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Palmyra Island, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.
Nearest airport: Palmyra
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed 18
Registration: N163R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Honolulu, Hi → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dawn
NTSB number: 3-0344

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
9	0	1	2	6

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 ESTD CROSS WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS ON FINAL APCH, BUT CALM BLO TREE LVL ON RWY.

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 3-0344, 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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