- Date
- January 17, 1980
- Place
- La Crosse, WI · LA CROSSE, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44KXBeech 99
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800117001049A
- Case key
- 132247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0091 80/1/17 LA CROSSE,WI BEECH 99 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0651 N44KX PX- 0 0 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 30, 4742 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1734 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LA CROSSE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA CROSSE,WI MILWAUKEE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FRAYED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- WIRE BUNDLE JAMMED GR MECHSM. BROKEN WIRES IN BNDL CAUSED DUAL ALT FLR. BNDL PROPERLY ROUTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44KX
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- La Crosse Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.