Beechcraft V35A N6DF

3 December 1978 · Wheeling, Illinois, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 3 December 1978 at about 16:53 local time, a Beechcraft V35A registered N6DF, operated by Bingaman Metal, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Wheeling, Illinois, United States. 4 people were on board and 3 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 December 1978 at 16:53
Classification: Accident
Location: Wheeling, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Palwaukee
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft V35A
Registration: N6DF
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Bingaman Metal
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: London, Ky → Crystal Lake, Il
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-4429

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	3	1	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

PILOT REPORTED HEAVY STRUCTURAL ICING.

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 3-4429, 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
8 Dec 1978	Beechcraft V35A N7125N	Chester, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Rowland Inc.	Minor injuries	-
1 Jul 1979	Beechcraft V35A N207FH	San Diego, California, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
16 Oct 1977	Beechcraft V35A N7147N	San Jose, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
7 Dec 1979	Beechcraft V35A N7950R	Sublett, Idaho, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
25 Feb 1979	Beechcraft V35A N7611N	Chesapeake, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
3 Dec 1977	Beechcraft V35A N5912S	Rio Rico, Arizona, United States no coordinates	J.t.bunn & Co.	No injuries	-

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