Airplane Crash - Near Munster, Indiana 07/24/1966
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Munster, Indiana
Date | 07/24/1966 |
Time | 18:27 |
Location | Near Munster, Indiana |
Operator | Private - Mainline Aviation |
Flight # | - |
Type | Beechcraft H50 |
Registration | N538B |
Aboard | 4 |
Fatalities | 4 |
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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