Beechcraft 65-80 N6DG

13 August 1977 · Vancleave, Mississippi, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 13 August 1977 at about 10:46 local time, a Beechcraft 65-80 registered N6DG was involved in an accident during in flight near Vancleave, Mississippi, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 August 1977 at 10:46
Classification: Accident
Location: Vancleave, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft 65-80
Registration: N6DG
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Gulfport, Ms → Mobil, al
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4189

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	3	0	0	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

CRANKSHAFT S/N 21772 FAILED DUE FATIGUE CRACK AT#5 CONNECTING ROD THROW.

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 3-4189, 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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