| Date: | Thursday 13 July 1978 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Coastair |
| Registration: | N76214 |
| MSN: | 236 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Candor, NC -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Bragg-Simmons AAF, NC (FBG/KFBG) |
The aircraft, operating on a training flight on behalf of the US Army, crashed while making a night landing. It hit a tree and crashed into a rural field.
Sources:
Newport Daily News, 14-7-1978
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Springbank, AB; 16 July 1994
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