Beechcraft 65-80 N886G

24 October 1978 · Torreon, New Mexico, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 24 October 1978 at about 10:04 local time, a Beechcraft 65-80 registered N886G, operated by DON Zimmerman, was involved in an accident during in flight near Torreon, New Mexico, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 October 1978 at 10:04
Classification: Accident
Location: Torreon, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft 65-80
Registration: N886G
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: DON Zimmerman
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Oberlin, Ks → Phoenix, Az
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3691

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	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

AIRCRAFT INVERTED AT IMPACT.NO INST TIME LOGGED SINCE 11/6/76.MTNS & PASSES OBSCURED.

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 3-3691, 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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