N529N

On March 11, 1966 at 12:20 PM, N529N experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Northern Natural Gas Company, with the event recorded near Greencastle Missouri.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 62.5%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While in cruising altitude, the crew informed ATC about a double engine failure and was cleared to divert to the nearest airport for an emergency landing. Unable to maintain a safe altitude, the pilot-in-command attempted to land in a field when the airplane struck trees and crashed. Four passengers and a pilot were killed while three other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N529N, MSN LJ-112, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.2625°, -92.8780°.