Cairo - Cleveland

On December 28, 1976 at 02:06 AM, Cairo - Cleveland experienced a crash involving Beechcraft D18, operated by Festus Flying Service, with the event recorded near Cairo Illinois.

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, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. While taking off by night from Cairo Airport, the twin engine airplane stalled and crash landed on the runway. It went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and the pilot, sole on board, was seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N3128B, MSN A-776, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.0058°, -89.1772°.