Plane Crash List

Colonial C-1 N257B

28 July 1968 · Gardenville, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 July 1968 at about 20:45 local time, a Colonial C-1 registered N257B was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Gardenville, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Gardenville, New York, United States
Nearest airport
Buffalo Airpark
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Colonial C-1
Registration
N257B
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
3-2932

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

PLT ATTEMPTED TO STRETCH GLIDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Colonial C-1 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
13 Mar 1982 Colonial C-1
N254B
Grand Prairie, Texas, United States M J Brundage No injuries -
11 Dec 1982 Colonial C-1
N256B
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
William J. Gras No injuries -
23 Jun 1989 Colonial C-1
N260B
Bremerton, Washington, United States John Wells Aviation Service Fatal 1
13 Jul 1996 Colonial C-1
N248B
Halls Crossing, Utah, United States - Minor injuries -
5 Jul 2015 Colonial C 1
N257B
Chico, Texas, United States Harold D Love Serious injuries -

All 6 records for this type

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31 May 1968 Cessna 182
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