- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 24, 1966 |
Time: | 1827 |
Location: | Near Munster, Indiana |
Operator: | Private - Mainline Aviation |
Flight #: | - |
Route: | ? |
AC Type: | Beechcraft H50 |
Registration: | N538B |
cn / ln: | ? |
Aboard: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft stalled during an emergency single engine approach. Both engines failed as the approach continued. The plane came to rest in a shallow pond on the golf course. Fuel starvation. Mismanagement of fuel. Pro golfer Tony Lema and his wife, Betty, was killed. He was on a Buick promotional tour. |
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