Aviation Crash Map

North American NA-265-50 N50CR

17 June 1992 · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 June 1992 at about 15:20 local time, a North American NA-265-50 registered N50CR, operated by Rockwell International Corp., was involved in an accident near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 15:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport
Cedar Rapids Municipal (CID)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
North American NA-265-50
Registration
N50CR
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Rockwell International Corp.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI92LA181

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S SELECTION OF THE WRONG RUNWAY FOR LANDING. A FACTOR WAS THE TAILWIND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRPLANE COMPLETED AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AND REQUESTED TO CIRCLE TO LAND RUNWAY 13. THE TOWER WAS REPORTING WIND AS TWO FIVE ZERO AT TWO ONE. ON LANDING THE SECOND PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED AN ELEVATED SERVICE ROAD OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 13 COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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3 Feb 1990 North American NA-265-40
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18 Jul 1998 North American NA-265-80
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All 11 records for this type

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