AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT. NORTH CENTRAL AIRLINES, INC., ALLISON CONVAIR 340/440(CV-580), N90858, AND AIR WISCONSIN INC., DHC-6, N4043B NEAR APPLETON, WISCONSIN, JUNE 29, 1972

The report describes an inflight collision, in which the passengers and crewmembers were fatally injured and both aircraft were destroyed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of both flightcrews to detect visually the other aircraft in sufficient time to initiate evasive action.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  Office of Aviation Safety
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1973-4-25

Media Info

• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Crash investigation; Fatalities; Navigation; STOL aircraft
• Identifier Terms: Convair aircraft; Twin Otter aircraft; U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
• Old TRIS Terms: In flight collisions; Ntsb; Short takeoff aircraft; Visual navigation
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047331
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB-AAR-73-9
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1973 12:00AM