19801017057829A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Rkwell 500-B · Buffalo, WY · October 17, 1980

Date
October 17, 1980 · 23:45 local
Place
Buffalo, WY
Airport
Buffalo
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6395U
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81FA008
Reported as
Rkwell 500B
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540E1A5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
1,045 total450 in this make and model196 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft crashed during takeoff. Hit fence off end of runway and crashed 584 feet from end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF. HIT FENCE OFF END OF RUNWAY AND CRASHED 584 FEET FROM END OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.