Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 17 JAN 1949 |
| Type: | Beechcraft 34 Twin Quad |
| Operator: | Beechcraft |
| Registration: | NX90521 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | 1947 |
| Engines: | 4 Lycoming GSO-580 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Wichita-Beech Airport, KS (BEC) (United States of America)
 |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Wichita-Beech Airport, KS (BEC), United States of America |
| ? |
The Beechcraft 34 Twin Quad prototype was damaged beyond repair in an accident at Wichita, KS. The Co-pilot died, the captain and two engineers were injured.
Sources:
» Jens O. Østmann (e-mail, 20-10-2011)
Photos
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
