Status:	Final
Date:	11 MAY 1975
Time:	16:40
Type:	Lockheed L-1049H-01-06-162 Super Constellation
Operator:	Aircraft Specialties
Registration:	N45516
C/n / msn:	4840
First flight:	1958
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Total:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	near Mesa, AZ (United States of America)
Phase:	Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Mesa-Falcon Field, AZ (MSC), United States of America
Destination airport:	Kansas City (unknown airport), MO, United States of America

Narrative:
Power loss on all 4 engines forced the crew to carry out a forced landing in the desert. The aircraft collided with trees and a playhouse. The power loss was caused by running out of ADI fluid.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - inadequate supervision of flight
powerplant - engine structure: other
powerplant - miscellaneous: detonation
terrain - high obstructions
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overheated
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-4 engines

Sources:
» NTSB