- Date
- April 14, 1972
- Place
- Lacrosse, WI · LACROSSE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N725RShort Bros SC-7-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3704 72/4/14 LACROSSE,WIS SHORT BROS SC-7-3 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0404 N725R PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 29, 6474 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 791 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LACROSSE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL LACROSSE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: WING FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM HYDRAULIC MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ASYMETRICAL FLAPS REMARKS- CONTROL ROD P/NS.C7.45.2135.COMPRESSION OVERLOAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N725R
- Reported as
- Short Bros SC-7-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lacrosse Muni
N725RRegistration cancelled Jun 28, 1972 · Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 2Airframe modelShort Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 2
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.