Beechcraft JRB-6 N72405

3 November 1969 · Denver, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 November 1969 at about 14:05 local time, a Beechcraft JRB-6 registered N72405, operated by Orion Airways*, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Denver, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 November 1969 at 14:05
Classification: Accident
Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport: Stapleton Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft JRB-6
Registration: N72405
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Orion Airways*
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: Oklahoma City, Okla → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4418

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

TRADEWIND, MODIFIED D18 ACFT, TRI-GR.EXTDD GR MANUALLY, NOSE GR COLLAPSED DRG TAXI.

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 3-4418, 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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