Beechcraft 95-B55 N8540M

7 July 1970 · Wichita, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 July 1970 at about 16:25 local time, a Beechcraft 95-B55 registered N8540M, operated by Varn Petroleum, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Wichita, Kansas, 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: 7 July 1970 at 16:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Nearest airport: Wichita Municipal
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft 95-B55
Registration: N8540M
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Varn Petroleum
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: San Antonio, Tex → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2815

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.

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NO DAMAGE TO NOSE OR MAIN GEAR EXTEND-RETRACT MECHANISM.

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 3-2815, 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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