Beechcraft BE-70 N777AE

Summary

On 1 March 1979 at about 15:04 local time, a Beechcraft BE-70 registered N777AE, operated by Universal Airw, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. 8 people were on board and 8 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 March 1979 at 15:04

Classification

Accident

Location

Gulfport, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Gulfport-Biloxi

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft BE-70

Registration

N777AE

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Universal Airw

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

Houston, Tx → New Orleans, la

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-2478

8 people died.

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

NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED DRG TKOF.STARTER INTERRUPT SYST, FLAPS INOP.INADEQUATE PART 135 TRAINING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.