Beechcraft C-45 N72Q
12 March 1973 · Portal, Arizona, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 March 1973 at about 20:00 local time, a Beechcraft C-45 registered N72Q was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Portal, Arizona, United States. 2 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 20:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Portal, Arizona, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft C-45
- Registration
- N72Q
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Long Beach, Calif → El Paso, Tex
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-1538
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
LND ON UNLTD UNIMPROVED TERRAIN FOR UNDET REASON. PLT NOT MULTI-ENG RATED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft C-45 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr 1972 | Beechcraft C-45 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States | Buckeye Air S* | No injuries | - |
| 2 Apr 1970 | Beechcraft C-45 | Albany, New York, United States | Cutlass Aviat* | Serious injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 1970 | Beechcraft C-45-H | Nashville, Arkansas, United States | Hook Pond Corp | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 1977 | Beechcraft C-45 | Del Rio, Texas, United States | U.s.dept.of AG | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jul 1969 | Beechcraft C-45 | Faunsdale, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jun 1968 | Beechcraft C-45-H | La Salina, Mexico | Southern Contr | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |