N-American SNJ-5 N666MC

17 May 1978 · Greensboro, North Carolina, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 17 May 1978 at about 14:45 local time, a N-American SNJ-5 registered N666MC was involved in an accident during in flight near Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 May 1978 at 14:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: N-American SNJ-5
Registration: N666MC
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Burlington, Nc → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1262

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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.

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LOW ALTITUDE ACROBATICS.

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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 3-1262, 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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Other N-American SNJ-5 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Jul 1978	N American SNJ-5 N3673F	Langley Afb, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Colonial Flyin	No injuries	-
6 Jun 1977	N American SNJ-5 N1047C	Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Jul 1979	N American SNJ-5 N2023	Elkhart, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
11 Jun 1977	N American SNJ-5 N9823C	Petaluma, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 Dec 1977	N American SNJ-5 N7969C	Van Nuys, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Aug 1980	N American SNJ-5 N1043C	Long Beach, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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23 Apr 1978	Piper PA-31 N49MC	Arlington, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	9

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