ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13870
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 July 1976 |
| Time: | 22:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200 Seneca |
| Owner/operator: | Capitol Air Service Inc |
| Registration: | N56712 |
| MSN: | 34-7450025 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Paul Windle Municipal Airport, Greensburg, Kansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Ulysses Airport, Ulysses, Kansas (ULS/KULS) |
| Paul Windle Municipal Airport, Greensburg, Kansas (FAA LID:8K7) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged July 27, 1976 at Paul Windle Municipal Airport, Greensburg, Kansas: Collided with dirt bank after overrunning the runway while landing, the aircraft then ran into a ditch at the south end of airport. Pilot misjudged distance, speed and altitude, and failed to initiate a go-around. Of the four persons on board (pilot and three passengers), two of the passengers were killed; the pilot and the other passenger were seriously injured.
Registration N56712 cancelled by the FAA, but not until October 3, 2012, some 36 years later!
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MKC76AK070 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=54466&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=56712
3. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1976/1976-47.htm
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ks/N56712/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Nov-2016 20:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2016 20:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2016 20:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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