Rochester - Batavvia

On March 3, 1972 at 03:10 AM, Rochester - Batavvia experienced a crash involving Rockwell Aero Commander 500, operated by Combs FreightAir, with the event recorded near Rochester New York.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after takeoff from Rochester-Greater Rochester Airport, while climbing by night, the pilot made a low level turn immediately after liftoff. Control was lost and the airplane crashed. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N6298X, MSN 500B-1388-141, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.1573°, -77.6152°.