- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 24, 1966
Time: 1827
Location: Near Munster, Indiana
Operator: Private - Mainline Aviation
Flight #: -
Route: ?
AC Type: Beechcraft H50
Registration: N538B
cn / ln: ?
Aboard: 4   (passengers:3  crew:1)
Fatalities: 4   (passengers:3  crew:1)
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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