Beechcraft D55 N7878R

25 February 1975 · Hermiston, Oregon, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 February 1975 at about 15:30 local time, a Beechcraft D55 registered N7878R, operated by Wire Installat, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Hermiston, Oregon, 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: 25 February 1975 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Hermiston, Oregon, United States
Nearest airport: Hermiston
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft D55
Registration: N7878R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Wire Installat
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Spokane, Wa
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1422

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

82 GALS ON BOARD. FUEL STARVATION SUSPECTED, SOURCE UNDET.

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 3-1422, 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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