Cessna 320B N551X

6 June 1975 · Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 June 1975 at about 13:54 local time, a Cessna 320B registered N551X, operated by Bridges Aircra, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. 4 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: 6 June 1975 at 13:54
Classification: Accident
Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
Nearest airport: Bowling Green
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 320B
Registration: N551X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Bridges Aircra
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Chicago, Il
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1657

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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

ELEV PUSH-PULL ROD ATTACH RIVETS FAILED.PLT ABLESTABILIZE ACFT IN PITCH MODE THRU ELEV TRIM.

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 3-1657, 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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