Aviation Crash Map

Convair 580 N90858

29 June 1972 · Appleton, Wisconsin, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 29 June 1972 at about 09:37 local time, a Convair 580 registered N90858, operated by North Central Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. 5 people were on board. In all, 13 people died in this accident, including people in another aircraft or on the ground. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 09:37
Classification
Accident
Location
Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Convair 580
Registration
N90858
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Green Bay, Wis → Chicago, Ill
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
1-0005

People

13 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
5 13 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BOTH CREWS FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID.DETECTION REDUCED BY ATMOSPHERIC COND & HUMAN VISUAL LIMITATION

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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