Beechcraft 65 N805Q
7 August 1981 · Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 7 August 1981 at about 17:20 local time, a Beechcraft 65 registered N805Q, operated by Rockford Acrom, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States. 6 people were on board and 5 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States
- Nearest airport
- Spirit Lake Muni
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 65
- Registration
- N805Q
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Rockford Acrom
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Corporate/Executive
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Rockford, Il → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2198
People
5 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
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
PLT STATED L ENG MALFUNCTIONED ON FINAL.L PROP SLASH MARKS FD 21IN APART, PROP NOT FEATHERED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 65 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 1981 | Beechcraft 65-80 | Gerlach, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Oct 1981 | Beechcraft 65 | Rockwall, Texas, United States | REO Leasing | No injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 1981 | Beechcraft 65 | Tallahassee, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 1981 | Beechcraft 65-B80 | Groveland, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Apr 1981 | Beechcraft 65-B80 | Pine Knot, Kentucky, United States | Atlas Aviation | Fatal | 2 |
| 1 Mar 1981 | Beechcraft 65-88 | Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 1981 | Cessna 150 | Ellenville, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jan 1981 | Aerospatial AS-350 | Garden City, New York, United States | Island Helicop | Minor injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1981 | Cessna 172 | Payson, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 1981 | Cessna 172 | Cullison, Kansas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Jan 1981 | Cessna 500 | Bluefield, West Virginia, United States | Georgia-Pacifi | Fatal | 5 |
| 16 Jun 1981 | Bell 212 | Angleton, Texas, United States | Houston Helico | Minor injuries | - |