Crash of a Grumman G-21A Goose in Greenville: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 30, 1971 at 1600 LT
Type of aircraft:
Grumman G-21A Goose
Operator:
Registration:
N101LH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Greenville - Greenville
MSN:
1136
YOM:
1942
Location:
Greenville
Maine
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Captain / Total flying hours:
1759
Captain / Total hours on type:
6.00
Circumstances:
45 minutes after takeoff from Greenville Airport, while conducting local practice, both engines failed simultaneously. The aircraft lost height and crashed in an uninhabited area. The passenger was killed and the pilot was seriously injured. The pilot recently purchased the aircraft and was not familiar with.
Probable cause:
Both engines stopped in flight due to fuel starvation. The following factors were reported:
- Lack of familiarity with aircraft,
- Mismanagement of fuel,
- Inattentive to fuel supply,
- Fuel starvation,
- Failure of both engines,
- The aircraft was not refueled since purchase,
- Both engines operated from the right main tank.
Final Report:

Crash of a Beechcraft B99 Airliner in Monroe: 14 killed

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1969 at 2122 LT
Type of aircraft:
Beechcraft 99 Airliner
Operator:
Registration:
N844NS
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Atlanta - Greenville
MSN:
U-016
YOM:
1968
Flight number:
KQ168
Location:
Monroe
Georgia
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Captain / Total flying hours:
8753
Captain / Total hours on type:
987.00
Copilot / Total flying hours:
3898
Copilot / Total hours on type:
254
Aircraft flight hours:
2226
Circumstances:
Air South Flight 168 departed Atlanta at 21:07. At 21:13 the flight reported level at its assigned cruising altitude of 7,000 feet. The Beech had been cruising for eleven minutes when it attained a gradual nose down attitude due to a change in the longitudinal trim. The pilots noticed the change after about six seconds and initiated a recovery action. The horizontal stabilizer continued to move to a full nose down position. Excessive pulling force on the control column was necessary to recover from the high speed dive. The necessary stick forces for such an out-of-trim condition can exceed the capability of one pilot, and in some cases two pilots, to control. The Beech continued to descend until both wings failed at high speed, just before the airplane crashed into the ground in a near vertical attitude.
Probable cause:
An unwanted change in longitudinal trim which resulted in a nosedown high-speed flight condition that was beyond the physical capability of the pilots to overcome. The initiating element in the accident sequence could not be specifically determined. However, the design of the aircraft flight control system was conducive to malfunctions which, if undetected by the crew, could lead to a loss of control.
Final Report:

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-90-DL in Spring Lake: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1945 at 1705 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
43-16101
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Fort Sumner – Greenville
MSN:
20567
YOM:
1944
Location:
Spring Lake
Texas
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Enroute from Fort Sumner to Greenville, Texas, while cruising in bad weather conditions, the aircraft went out of control, disintegrated in the air and crash in a prairie in Spring Lake. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Sgt Joseph V. Andruskevich,
Pfc Christine H. Davis,
1st Lt Frederick H. Jacoby,
S/Sgt Merle W. Sullivan,
1st Lt Rex M. Tharp.

Crash of a Boeing B-29-15-BW Superfortress off Greenville

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-6383
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ferry
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
3517
Location:
Greenville
Sinoe
Country:
Liberia
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a ferry flight from the US to India when flying off the Liberian coast, the pilot was forced to ditch the aircraft due to a fuel exhaustion. The four engine aircraft came to rest off Greenville coast and was lost. All crew members were rescued.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a North American B-25C-1 Mitchell near Newberry: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1943 at 1700 LT
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
41-13281
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Morrison AFB - Greenville
MSN:
82-5916
YOM:
1941
Location:
Newberry
South Carolina
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplanes were part of a three-ship flight on a formation-training mission. The three-ship flight had been part of a seven-ship formation that had broken up. The formation had taken off from Morrison Field, Palm Beach, Florida, and was flying back to the home station at the Army Air Base at Greenville, South Carolina. The formation was flying above the clouds at about 10,000 feet when the flight leader, Lt Wilson flying B-25C registered 41-13281, noticed a break in the overcast and began to descend through it. His flight following him down and the other four airplanes remained above the overcast. The three-ship flight descended to about 1,500 feet agl near Lake Murray. After flying northwest at this altitude for a short period of time, flight leader Lt Wilson made a sudden and steep turn to the right in an attempt to avoid low hanging clouds. Lt Mannio, flying in B-25C registered 41-13275 in the number two position, attempted to follow the maneuver and overran the leader. The two airplanes collided just as they were entering broken clouds. The airplanes fell from the overcast out of control and shedding pieces. The airplanes slammed to earth and exploded into flames some 19 km south of Newberry. The tail section of Lt Wilson was not located at the time of the investigation. All 14 crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew 41-13275:
2nd Lt Kauko K. Mannio, pilot,
2nd Lt Donald G. Halley, copilot,
2nd Lt Randolph V. Donaldson, navigator,
T/Sgt Lyle E. Vinson, flight engineer,
Sgt John B. McFalls, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Basil R. Sink, radio operator,
S/Sgt Allen M. Steen, air gunner.
Crew 41-13281:
1st Lt John E. Wilson, pilot,
2nd Lt Francis Bardell, copilot,
2nd Lt Julius X. Zarchin, bombardier,
S/Sgt Harold B. Brown, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Franklyn G. Morris, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Dean L. Loren, radio operator,
Sgt Walter W. Pratt, air gunner.
Source: Anthony J. Mireles.

Crash of a North American B-25C-1 Mitchell near Newberry: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1943 at 1700 LT
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
41-13275
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Morrison AFB - Greenville
MSN:
82-5910
YOM:
1941
Location:
Newberry
South Carolina
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplanes were part of a three-ship flight on a formation-training mission. The three-ship flight had been part of a seven-ship formation that had broken up. The formation had taken off from Morrison Field, Palm Beach, Florida, and was flying back to the home station at the Army Air Base at Greenville, South Carolina. The formation was flying above the clouds at about 10,000 feet when the flight leader, Lt Wilson flying B-25C registered 41-13281, noticed a break in the overcast and began to descend through it. His flight following him down and the other four airplanes remained above the overcast. The three-ship flight descended to about 1,500 feet agl near Lake Murray. After flying northwest at this altitude for a short period of time, flight leader Lt Wilson made a sudden and steep turn to the right in an attempt to avoid low hanging clouds. Lt Mannio, flying in B-25C registered 41-13275 in the number two position, attempted to follow the maneuver and overran the leader. The two airplanes collided just as they were entering broken clouds. The airplanes fell from the overcast out of control and shedding pieces. The airplanes slammed to earth and exploded into flames some 19 km south of Newberry. The tail section of Lt Wilson was not located at the time of the investigation. All 14 crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew 41-13275:
2nd Lt Kauko K. Mannio, pilot,
2nd Lt Donald G. Halley, copilot,
2nd Lt Randolph V. Donaldson, navigator,
T/Sgt Lyle E. Vinson, flight engineer,
Sgt John B. McFalls, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Basil R. Sink, radio operator,
S/Sgt Allen M. Steen, air gunner.
Crew 41-13281:
1st Lt John E. Wilson, pilot,
2nd Lt Francis Bardell, copilot,
2nd Lt Julius X. Zarchin, bombardier,
S/Sgt Harold B. Brown, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Franklyn G. Morris, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Dean L. Loren, radio operator,
Sgt Walter W. Pratt, air gunner.
Source: Anthony J. Mireles.

Crash of a North American B-25C-1 Mitchell in Greenville

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
41-13191
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
82-5826
YOM:
1941
Location:
Greenville
South Carolina
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances and destroyed by fire. There were no fatalities.

Crash of a North American B-25C Mitchell in Greenville

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
41-13189
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Greenville - Greenville
MSN:
82-5824
YOM:
1941
Location:
Greenville
South Carolina
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training exercise at Greenville AAB. For unknown reasons, it overshot on landing and crashed. There were no fatalities.

Crash of a North American B-25B Mitchell near Greenville: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 21, 1942
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
40-2241
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Greenville - Greenville
MSN:
62B-2910
YOM:
1940
Location:
Greenville
South Carolina
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances 5 km northeast of Greenville Airport while completing a local training exercise. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Charles T. Humphreys,
2nd Lt Melvyn R. Quast,
S/Sgt Otis K. Fryer Jr.

Crash of a North American B-25 Mitchell near Greenville

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
41-12786
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
82-5421
YOM:
1941
Location:
Greenville
South Carolina
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew who bailed out. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed near Greenville. There were no casualties.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.
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