Milwaukee – Manchester – Huntington

On March 8, 1978 at 10:08 AM, Milwaukee – Manchester – Huntington experienced a crash involving Rockwell Turbo Commander 680/681, operated by Spad Aviation, with the event recorded near Greenup Kentucky.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, the crew encountered engine problems and was cleared to divert to Ashland Airport. While descending in marginal weather conditions (low ceiling, fog and icing conditions), the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field located in Greenup, west of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were below minimums.

Aircraft reference details include registration N5NP, MSN 680-6042, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.5108°, -82.9180°.