| Date: | Saturday 18 February 1978 |
| Time: | 04:55 |
| Type: | Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Chartair |
| Registration: | N4307W |
| MSN: | TH-430 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Genoa Peak, NV -
United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Hawthorne, CA HHR |
| Destination airport: | Lake Tahoe, CA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:tops of mountains obscured.Radar plot showed aircraft circling in area over 12min.Recovered 2/19/78.
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Report number: | OAK78FA018 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 3 months |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 13-Mar-2025 06:34 |
C Abel |
Updated [Phase, Departure airport, ] |
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