Beechcraft B18G N180P

2 March 1978 · Rockingham, North Carolina, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 2 March 1978 at about 20:20 local time, a Beechcraft B18G registered N180P, operated by Wyman Pilot SE, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Rockingham, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 March 1978 at 20:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: Rockingham-Hamlet
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft B18G
Registration: N180P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Wyman Pilot SE
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Pontiac, Mi
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-0443

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	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

LAUNCHED FM SNOW CVRD RWY WITH 1/2IN SNOW ON WINGS.

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 3-0443, 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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