ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330541
| Date: | Friday 14 April 1972 |
| Time: | 04:04 |
| Type: |  Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-300 |
| Owner/operator: | Viking International Air Freight |
| Registration: | N725R |
| MSN: | SH.1841 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-2-201A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near La Crosse Municipal Airport, WI (LSE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Chicago (unknown airport), IL |
| La Crosse Municipal Airport, WI (LSE/KLSE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An overload caused the failure of a flap control rod. The Skyvan crashed out of control.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
systems - flight control systems: wing flap control system hydraulic
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
miscellaneous acts,conditions - asymetrical flaps
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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