Beechcraft TC-45J N3766

24 January 1970 · Portage, Michigan, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 24 January 1970 at about 03:53 local time, a Beechcraft TC-45J registered N3766, operated by Buckeye Air SE, was involved in an accident during in flight near Portage, Michigan, 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: 24 January 1970 at 03:53
Classification: Accident
Location: Portage, Michigan, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft TC-45J
Registration: N3766
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Buckeye Air SE
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Detroit, Mich → Chicago, Ill
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-0072

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

L ENG FEATH. INVEST DISLOSED NO MALFUNCTION. PLTMADE GO-AROUND DUE GR NOT EXTENDING. FLAPS FULL.

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 3-0072, 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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6 May 1970	Beechcraft TC-45J N86415	San Franciso, California, United States no coordinates	Arabesco Airl*	Minor injuries	-
25 Feb 1971	Beechcraft TC-45J N3787A	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Buckeye Aviati	No injuries	-
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