Lockheed 18 LodeStar

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Registration:

AX687

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

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Bilbeis - Bilbeis

MSN:

18-2017

YOM:

1940

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While circling in the vicinity of Bilbeis Airport on a training exercise, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing following a dual engine failure. The airplane belly landed and was damaged beyond repair. Both occupants escaped unarmed.

Probable cause:

The crew inadvertently feathered both props during flight.

Crash of a Lockheed 18-07-01 LodeStar in Port-Étienne

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1942

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F-ARTL

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Postal (mail)

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Toulouse – Alicante – Casablanca – Port-Étienne – Dakar

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2011

YOM:

1940

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Shortly after takeoff from Port-Étienne Airport, while in initial climb, the twin engine airplane stalled and crashed near the runway end. All three occupants were injured while the aircraft was destroyed. The crew was completing a regular mail flight from Toulouse to Dakar with intermediate stops in Alicante, Casablanca and Port-Étienne (Nouadhibou).

Crash of a Lockheed 18-10 LodeStar I in Luqa

Date & Time: May 13, 1942

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G-AGCR

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Luqa – London

MSN:

2072

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1941

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During the takeoff roll at Luqa Airfield, the airplane veered off runway to the left and came to rest. There were no injuries among the occupant and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Loss of control during takeoff after the tire on the left main gear burst due to shrapnel splinters on the runway.

Crash of a Lockheed 18-08-01 LodeStar in South Africa

Date & Time: May 6, 1942

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246

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Military

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18-2053

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1940

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While taking off from an unknown airfield in South Africa, the twin engine airplane swerved. It veered off runway and came to rest, bursting into flames. The airplane was destroyed and there were no casualties.

Crash of a Lockheed 18-10 LodeStar in São Paulo

Date & Time: Mar 17, 1942

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Registration:

PP-PBE

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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18-2099

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1941

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During the takeoff roll, one of the landing gear collapsed and punctured the wing and a fuel tank. The airplane slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest, bursting into flames. The twin engine airplane was damaged beyond repair and there were no casualties.

Probable cause:

Undercarriage failure during takeoff.

Crash of a Lockheed 18-08 LodeStar in Tobruk

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Registration:

G-AGCZ

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Flight Type:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

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Heliopolis - Tobruk

MSN:

2023

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1941

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The airplane crashed for unknown reasons upon landing at Tobruk Airfield. There were no injuries.

Crash of a Lockheed 18-10 LodeStar near São Paulo: 8 killed

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1941 at 1300 LT

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Registration:

PP-PBD

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Mountains

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Porto Alegre – Florianópolis – Curitiba – São Paulo

MSN:

2083

YOM:

1940

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São Paulo

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Brazil

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South America

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The twin engine airplane departed Porto Alegre and on a schedule service to São Paulo with intermediate stops in Florianópolis and Curitiba, carrying 10 passengers and four crew members. On approach to São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, the crew was forced to initiate a go around procedure for unknown reasons. While circling in clouds for a second approach to land, the airplane deviated from the prescribed route to the south until it impacted the slope of a mountain located in the Cantareira Mountain Range. The wreckage was found 24 km south of the airport. Six occupants were rescued and eight others were killed, among them both pilots.
Crew:
Clovis Roldão de Oliveira Bastos, pilot,
Comet Sipetz, copilot.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Lockheed 18-08 LodeStar near the Dodo River

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1941

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241

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2045

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1940

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The twin engine airplane departed Bathurst, Gambia, on a flight to South Africa. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with storm activity. When some instruments became out of service, the captain attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a marshy field located near the Dodo River, in the region of Brass. There was no casualties and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Instrument failure in bad weather.

Crash of a Lockheed 18-08 LodeStar in Cape Town

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Registration:

ZS-ATH

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Delivery

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