Lockheed P2V-7 accident near Missoula, Montana, July 29, 1994
On July 29, 1994 at about 10:00 pm local time, a Lockheed P2V-7, registered N918AP, was destroyed in an accident near Missoula, Montana. It was a public-use flight under public-use (government) rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 12, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 29, 1994 · about 10:00 pm local time · cases in 1994
- Place
- Missoula, Montana · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Lockheed P2V-7 · all P2V-7s on the register
- Registration
- N918AP · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Public-use flight · public-use (government) rules
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Landing gear: fixed
- Not recorded
The flight
- Departed from: MSO MT
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: not reported
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 30,000 ft; scat at 8,000 ft
- Temperature: 93°F (34°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 3:52 pm from MSO
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N918AP: not on the register today · the record of its deregistration
- Lockheed P2 6 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Lockheed 197 aircraft on the register
- Missoula Montana Airport · departed from
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,119 since 1982 · 164 in the last ten years
- Montana 6,045 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/SEA94T%23A02.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.