| Date: | Monday 26 September 1966 |
| Time: | 12:17 |
| Type: |  Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander |
| Owner/operator: | Jim Robbins Airborne Division |
| Registration: | N500JR |
| MSN: | 65 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N of Platte, SD -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Flying R Ranch, SD |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed inverted while positioning for a second low pass over the pilot's house on the ranch from which the plane had just departed. Probable pilot disorientation in low ceiling.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
miscellaneous - undetermined
FACTOR(S):
weather - low ceiling
weather - rain
weather briefing - briefed by weather bureau personel, by phone
weather forecast - weather slightly worse than forecast
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
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