ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331523
| Date: | Friday 2 May 1969 |
| Time: | 14:21 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18 Learstar II |
| Owner/operator: | William V. Wright |
| Registration: | N221P |
| MSN: | 18-2062 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport, MD (GAI) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport, MD (GAI/KGAI) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft ground looped on takeoff when the pilot failed to maintain directional control. As a result the undercarriage collapsed and a fire broke out.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - failed to maintain directional control
FACTOR(S)
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
NTSB
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