Aero Comdr 500-S N57278

18 November 1976 · Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 18 November 1976 at about 12:55 local time, a Aero Comdr 500-S registered N57278, operated by United Resourc, was involved in an accident during in flight near Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and one died, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 November 1976 at 12:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aero Comdr 500-S
Registration: N57278
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: United Resourc
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Lome Togo, W.africa → Return
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3458

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	1	0	1	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

PLT NOTED 0 OIL PRESS, HI TEMPS.ACFT SANK IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS.

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 3-3458, 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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22 Aug 1976	Aero Comdr 500 N8457C	Hastings, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Strait Develop	No injuries	-
22 Apr 1976	Aero Comdr 500B N471A	Morristown, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Targa Enterpri	No injuries	-
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18 Nov 1976	Aero Comdr 500B N22MC	Savannah, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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All 133 records for this type

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