1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision
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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | June 29, 1972 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision |
| Site | Over Lake Winnebago, near Fox Crossing, Wisconsin, United States 44°11′00″N 88°24′00″W / 44.18333°N 88.40000°W[1] |
| Total fatalities | 13 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| First aircraft | |
| Type | Convair CV-580 |
| Operator | North Central Airlines |
| Registration | N90858 |
| Flight origin | Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States |
| Stopover | Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States |
| Destination | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
| Passengers | 2 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
| Type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
| Operator | Air Wisconsin |
| Registration | N4043B |
| Flight origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Stopover | Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States |
| Destination | Appleton, Wisconsin, United States |
| Passengers | 6 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On June 29, 1972, North Central Airlines Flight 290 collided in mid-air with Air Wisconsin Flight 671 over Lake Winnebago near Fox Crossing, Wisconsin, in the United States. Both aircraft crashed into the lake, killing all 13 people on board both aircraft.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ NTSB Accident Report NTSB-AR-73-09 (PDF) (Report). National Transportation Safety Board. April 25, 1973. p. 3. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
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