Helena - Great Falls

On September 6, 1978 at 02:51 AM, Helena - Great Falls experienced a crash involving Rockwell Aero Commander 500, operated by Combs FreightAir, with the event recorded near Great Falls Montana.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) 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. The pilot, sole on board, was completing a night cargo flight from Helena to Great Falls. On approach, he encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane struck the ground and crashed few miles short of runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were below minimums.

Aircraft reference details include registration N6112X, MSN 500-963-18, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.5049°, -111.2919°.