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| Date: | Saturday 11 July 1964 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft G17S Staggerwing |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N333 |
| MSN: | B-5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Danville, KY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Forced landing at night into a corn field and collided with trees in Danville, Kentucky, due failure of master solenoid in bad weather with thunderstorm activity, the pilot continued VFR into adverse weather, the 3 on board weren’t injured, the B.17 Staggerwing was severely damaged.
The aircraft was rebuilt.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://beech17.net/?page_id=1282
2. NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=81393&key=0
3. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=N80306
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2018 02:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Feb-2021 16:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Feb-2021 13:57 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 19-Mar-2021 12:06 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
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