Beechcraft C-45 N6126

13 April 1972 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 April 1972 at about 03:11 local time, a Beechcraft C-45 registered N6126, operated by Buckeye Air S*, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. 2 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: 13 April 1972 at 03:11
Classification: Accident
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Nearest airport: Kent County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft C-45
Registration: N6126
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Buckeye Air S*
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Traverse City, Mich
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-1459

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

LOW ON FUEL HAD MADE 2 MISSED APCHS.TD WAS ABT 4600FT DOWN 7600FT RWY.NO BRAKE MALFUNCTION FOUND.

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 3-1459, 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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