Beechcraft 99 Airliner crash, Aug 28, 1985 (3 killed), Co...

Beechcraft 99 Airliner accident on August 28, 1985 near Conover, North Carolina, United States with 3 fatalities.

A Beechcraft 99 Airliner operated by Sunbird Airlines crashed in a residential area of Conover, North Carolina, at about 0145 EDT on 28 August 1985 during an instructional flight for initial copilot qualification. It struck tree limbs, a utility pole and the ground in a steep descent, and all three people aboard were killed.

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