# NTSB CHI66I0016: Boeing B-720, N466US, Milwaukee, WI, August 11, 1965

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 11, 1965
- Place: Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Location: 43.0389° N, 87.9065° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milwaukee, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0389&lon=-87.9065&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 90 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 17, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176260
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66I0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66I0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-0024  65/8/11    MILWAUKEE WISC      BOEING B-720        CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1645                    N466US              PX-  0  0 81                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  2                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GENERAL MITCHELL
        OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           EVASIVE MANEUVER                                         TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS                 TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N466US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-720
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: General Mitchell

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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