Beechcraft D18S N80042
7 February 1973 · Paris, Tennessee, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 7 February 1973 at about 20:00 local time, a Beechcraft D18S registered N80042 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Paris, Tennessee, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Paris, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft D18S
- Registration
- N80042
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Bowling Green, Ky → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0132
People
4 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
DESCENDED BLO MDA IN HEAVY RAIN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft D18S accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jul 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | Buckeye Air SE | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Mitchell, South Dakota, United States | Executive Air | No injuries | - |
| 14 Nov 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States | Semo Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Feeding Hill, Massachusetts, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 11 Sep 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Middle Caicos, Other-Foreign Countries | Rayburn D Morg | No injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 1973 | Beechcraft D18S | Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |