LOCKHEED PV-2 HARPOON/Bu. 84061
Bureau #: 84061
Construction #: 15-1605
Civil Registration:
N7250C
Construction #: 15-1605
Civil Registration:
N7250C
Model(s):
PV-2 Harpoon
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1990
PV-2 Harpoon
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1990
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 84061.
Douglas M. Lacey, San Rafael, CA, November 10, 1986-1988.
NTSB Identification: LAX90FA336 .
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 45516.
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, September 29, 1990 in LAKEPORT, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 4/26/1993
Aircraft: LOCKHEED PV-2, registration: N7250C
Injuries: 8 Fatal.
THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED MAKING SEVERAL LOW PASSES, WITH ITS SMOKE GENERATORS OPERATING, OVER SEAPLANES ANCHORED IN A LAKE. THE LAST PASS WAS REPORTEDLY AT AN ALTITUDE LESS THAN 50 FT, AND THEN THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED ENTERING AN ABNORMALLY STEEP CLIMB, FOLLOWED BY A NEAR VERTICAL NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE TO IMPACT. A VIDEO TAPE SHOWS THAT BOTH PROPELLERS WERE TURNING. THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED HIS MULTI-ENGINE RATING IN A BEECH 76 ON 3/6/90, AND HIS TYPE RATING IN THE AIRPLANE 3/28/90.
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 84061.
- Brought On Charge: N/A
- Struck Off Charge: December 17, 1956
- Stored, awaiting disposal, NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, February 8, 1954-1957.
- Total time on airframe: 1288 hours.
- Registered as N7250C.
- Converted to ant-bait granular spreader, March 1966.
Douglas M. Lacey, San Rafael, CA, November 10, 1986-1988.
- Restored to military configuration with upper turret.
- Operated by Douglas Lacey.
- Flew in USN scheme as 178/FP.
- Crashed into lake, Clear Lake, CA, September 29, 1990.
- Douglas Lacey fatally injured.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 45516.
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, September 29, 1990 in LAKEPORT, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 4/26/1993
Aircraft: LOCKHEED PV-2, registration: N7250C
Injuries: 8 Fatal.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED DURING A PULL-UP FROM A LOW PASS. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGEMENT IN BUZZING THE SEAPLANES WHICH RESULTED IN INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RECOVER FROM THE STALL, AND THE PILOT'S INEXPERIENCE IN THE AIRPLANE.
Source(s):
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
NTSB, www.ntsb.gov
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
NTSB, www.ntsb.gov
