Swearingen 226TC N650S
12 June 1980 · Valley, Nebraska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 12 June 1980 at about 15:46 local time, a Swearingen 226TC registered N650S, operated by Air Wisconsin, was involved in an accident during in flight near Valley, Nebraska, United States. 15 people were on board and 13 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:46
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Valley, Nebraska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Swearingen 226TC
- Registration
- N650S
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Air Wisconsin
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Appleton, Wi → Lincoln, Ne
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Dawn
- NTSB number
- 3-3777
People
13 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 13 | 2 | 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
CONTD INTO AREA OF SVR TSTMS.FLAMEOUT/PWR LOSS FM PCPN.CRITICAL WX NOT DISEMD.PCPN RDCD RADAR RTRN
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Swearingen 226 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 1981 | Swearingen 226TC | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Midstate Airli | No injuries | - |
| 8 May 1978 | Swearingen 226-TC | Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States | Southern Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 14 Apr 1975 | Swearingen 226AT | Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States | Magnayox Compa | Fatal | 2 |
| 30 Aug 1985 | Swearingen 226T | Hamilton, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Clinton, Maryland, United States | Andrews Aero C | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Apr 1980 | Cessna 150 | Colusa, California, United States | Sky View Aviat | No injuries | - |