Beechcraft D50B N5658D

1 January 1967 · Gallup N Mex, New Mexico, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 1 January 1967 at about 08:30 local time, a Beechcraft D50B registered N5658D, operated by Thunderbird AV, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Gallup N Mex, New Mexico, United States. 6 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 January 1967 at 08:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Gallup N Mex, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport: Senator Clarke
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft D50B
Registration: N5658D
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Thunderbird AV
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0049

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	0	0	1	5

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

NO.2 CYLINDER LFT ENG CRACKED. PLT TOOK OFF 14 MPH BELOW MINIMUM SINGLE-ENG.CONTROL SPEED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0049, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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