- Date
- November 9, 1970
- Place
- Lacrosse, WI · LACROSSE, WI
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N956SMDehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79653
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1452 70/11/9 LACROSSE,WIS DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 0 2 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1608 N956SM PX- 0 3 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 27, 2350 TOTAL HOURS, 920 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LACROSSE MUN. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MINNEAPOLIS,MINN CHICAGO,ILL LACROSSE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-CAPT FAILED TO MAINT ALT AT MDA,REASONS UNKN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION REMARKS- IFR NON-PRECISION APCH,DSCNDD BLO TREE HEIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N956SM
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lacrosse Mun.
N956SMRegistration cancelled Jan 28, 1971 · Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTERAirframe modelDehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.