ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332691
| Date: | Friday 5 March 1965 |
| Time: | 13:58 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | Pine Paper Products Co. |
| Registration: | N600N |
| MSN: | 18-2567 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4756 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Philipsburg-Mid-State Airport, PA (PSB) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Belmar-Monmouth County Airport, NJ (BLM/KBLM) |
| Chicago (unknown airport), IL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Both engines flamed out due to fuel starvation. The pilot attempted to reach Philipsburg for an emergency landing, despite the fact that it was closed due to snow on the runway. The aircraft struck wires or poles on final approach, crashed and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
powerplant - fuel system: selector valves
miscellaneous acts, conditions - fuel starvation
weather - low ceiling
weather - snow
weather - fog
FACTOR(S)
miscellaneous acts, conditions - failure of two or more engines
miscellaneous acts, conditions - material failure
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-2 engines
weather briefing - no record of briefing received
weather forecast - forecast substantially correct
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on land
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
NTSB
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