ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar N80G Uniontown, PA
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Sunday 6 October 1957
Time:16:55
Type:Silhouette image of generic L18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar
Operator:Standard Oil Company
Registration: N80G
MSN: 18-2351
First flight: 1943
Total airframe hrs:4608
Engines: 2 Wright R-1820-72WA
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Total:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:11 km (6.9 mls) E of Uniontown, PA (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:Hot Springs-Ingalls Field, VA (HSP/KHSP), United States of America
Destination airport:Johnstown Airport, PA (JST/KJST), United States of America
Narrative:
The aircraft departed Hot Springs at 15:45 and climbed to an altitude below the clouds. Just over an hour after takeoff the Lodestar struck a mountain at an altitude of 2,338 feet, 162 feet below the top. Investigation revealed that the aircraft struck the east side of a 20-degree mountain slope on a heading of 65 degrees magnetic while flying nearly parallel to the mountain ridge. The aircraft, in level attitude, first struck the top of a small tree 35 feet above the ground, and then cut a swath approximately 510 feet long and 80 feet wide through the trees.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the action of the pilot in attempting VFR flight under instrument conditions over mountainous terrain."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: CAB
Status: Investigation completed
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Sources:
» CAB File No. 2-0062


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Distance from Hot Springs-Ingalls Field, VA to Johnstown Airport, PA as the crow flies is 275 km (172 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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