Beechcraft 60 Duke crash, Jul 12, 1978 (6 killed), Fariba...
Beechcraft 60 Duke accident on July 12, 1978 near Faribault Minnesota, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: Pilot continued flight into thunderstorm...
- Date: July 12, 1978
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 60 Duke
- Location: Faribault Minnesota, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Pilot continued flight into thunderstorm activity with an inoperative weather radar; airframe overstress in turbulence led to in-flight breakup and uncontrolled descent.
A Beechcraft Duke flying from Olivia to Lafayette, Indiana, with its weather radar inoperative, entered thunderstorm activity and turbulence. It went out of control, broke up in flight and crashed in an open field near Faribault, Minnesota, killing all six occupants.