Case Studies

Rear fuselage of Beechcraft A36 N87RY lodged among trees, with broken wing section in foreground and investigator visible near crash site.

A Straight Shot Missed

On the morning of August 28, 2017, a Beechcraft A36 Bonanza, registration N87RY, departed Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport on what should have been a routine

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Wreckage of Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron N36638 standing nearly vertical after crashing near the runway at LaGrange-Callaway Airport in Georgia.

A Routine Training Flight

On February 22, 2014, a Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron, registration N36638, was involved in a fatal accident during an attempted landing at LaGrange–Callaway Airport in LaGrange,

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Main wreckage of a Thrush S2R-T660 agricultural aircraft resting in a harvested cornfield, with the fuselage crushed and fragmented, wings and tail surfaces broken and folded, and debris scattered around the impact area.

Fatal Wire Strike

On September 12, 2023, a Thrush Aircraft LLC S2R-T660, registration N710TY, was involved in a fatal accident near Ardoch, North Dakota, during an aerial application

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