North Little Rock - North Little Rock

On January 2, 1970 at 12:15 PM, North Little Rock - North Little Rock experienced a crash involving Lockheed 18 LodeStar, operated by Sky King Inc., with the event recorded near North Little Rock-Municipal Arkansas.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. At liftoff, the airplane did not get sufficient height, struck trees, stalled and crashed in flames in a wooded area. Both pilots (instructor and student pilot) were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N13VV, MSN 2497, year of manufacture 1943.