Beechcraft 65-A90 N727X
28 August 1970 · Silsbee, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 August 1970 at about 19:40 local time, a Beechcraft 65-A90 registered N727X, operated by Eastex, Inc, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Silsbee, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Silsbee, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Evadale
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 65-A90
- Registration
- N727X
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Eastex, Inc
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Corporate/Executive
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Houston, Tex → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4551
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
THOUGHT COPLT LWRD GEAR.BOTH PLTS SCANNING FOR OTHER TRAFFIC.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 1970 | Beechcraft 65-B80 | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States | HUB Airlines * | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Mar 1970 | Beechcraft 65-A80 | Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States | Creamette Co. | No injuries | - |
| 10 Nov 1970 | Beechcraft 65 | Rockford, Illinois, United States | Howard H.monk | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1970 | Beechcraft 65-A80 | Wheeling, Illinois, United States | Ingersoll Stee | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Feb 1970 | Beechcraft 65-90 | Flushing, New York, United States | Miles Laborato | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 1970 | Beechcraft 65-90 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Aircraft Servi | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Torrance, California, United States | Sperry Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |