Beechcraft C55 N236WC

23 December 1975 · Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 23 December 1975 at about 21:41 local time, a Beechcraft C55 registered N236WC, operated by Altair Airline, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 December 1975 at 21:41
Classification: Accident
Location: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Bucks County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft C55
Registration: N236WC
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Altair Airline
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Richmond, Va → Philadelphia, Pa
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-4114

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	1	2	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

ACFT RSTRD MAIN TANK TKOF.L ENG L AUX, MAINS USEDINFLT.L RESIDUAL FUEL.R SEAT PAX PULLED PLTS ARM.

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 3-4114, 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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