Beechcraft A24R N8051R

17 April 1978 · Mandan, North Dakota, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 17 April 1978 at about 16:45 local time, a Beechcraft A24R registered N8051R was involved in an accident during in flight near Mandan, North Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 April 1978 at 16:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Mandan, North Dakota, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft A24R
Registration: N8051R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Bismarck, Nd → Sibley, Ia
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Dawn
NTSB number: 3-0709

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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

WRECKAGE NOT RECOVERED.PLT FOUND 5/24/78.

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 3-0709, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 May 1978	Beechcraft A24R N112FC	Salem, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
10 Jun 1978	Beechcraft A24R N9776L	W.mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	ABC Flying CLU	No injuries	-
2 Jul 1976	Beechcraft A24R N9285S	Prescott, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Jordan AVN.	No injuries	-
1 Dec 1981	Beechcraft A24R N8019R	The Plains, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Jun 1981	Beechcraft A24R N9713Q	Manahawkin, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Wilco Aviation	Fatal	3
2 Sep 1981	Beechcraft A24R N9778L	Yucca Valley, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2

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