Beechcraft 65-90 N721K
14 July 1971 · Rockford, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 14 July 1971 at about 08:30 local time, a Beechcraft 65-90 registered N721K, operated by Modine Manufac, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Rockford, Illinois, United States. 8 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 08:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Rockford, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- Greater Rockford
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 65-90
- Registration
- N721K
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Modine Manufac
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Corporate/Executive
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Racine, Wis → Trenton, Mo
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1190
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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
LND WITH R GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. BRAZE IN NUT ASSEMBLY FAILED, ALLOWED DOWEL PINS TO JAM ACTUATOR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 1971 | Beechcraft 65 | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States | BEN M.hogan Co | No injuries | - |
| 4 Mar 1971 | Beechcraft 65-80 | Fayetteville, Georgia, United States | Federal Aviati | No injuries | - |
| 21 Oct 1971 | Beechcraft 65-B80 | Milo, Oklahoma, United States | Labina Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 16 Dec 1971 | Beechcraft 65-B80 | McCall, Idaho, United States | Sun Valley Ai* | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Jan 1971 | Beechcraft 65 | Newport, Vermont, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 9 Dec 1971 | Beechcraft 65-80 | Okla.city, Oklahoma, United States | Monarch Tile M | Fatal | 7 |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |