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The aircraft crashed on a forested bluff on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River, between Winona and Fountain City, Wisconsin. [6] The aircraft was torn into four large pieces, with numerous deposits of smaller wreckage. The large sections were located in a straight line with a bearing of 335°, approximating the intended flight path.
This was also not the first time that a Northwest Martin 2-0-2 suffered an accident in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area; a little over a year and a half prior, on August 29, 1948, Flight 421, also flown by a 2-0-2, crashed on approach to the Twin Cities Airport in Fountain City, Wisconsin, 4.1 mi (6.6 km) northwest of Winona ...
Wichita State University football team plane crash: near Loveland Pass, 8 miles west of Silver Plume: Colorado: Martin 4-0-4: The company president, serving as first officer, attempted to fly a poorly planned scenic route and the aircraft entered a box canyon from which it was unable to climb out, crashing into a mountain ridge.
The Brief. February 3 became known as "The Day The Music Died" when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash. Bitter cold forced the musicians to give up on their bus ...
An aircraft carrying adoptable pets crashed onto a snowy golf course in Wisconsin Tuesday morning. Plane with over 50 rescue dogs, 3 passengers crash lands at Wisconsin golf course Skip to main ...
A devastating plane crash this ... of the team was killed when a twin-engine charter plane crashed into a Colorado mountain after taking off from the same city. The Oct. 2, 1970, crash on Mount ...
The three men with him aboard the plane as passengers also die. [35] [36] September 25 – Flying in rain and fog, American professional wrestler Joe Lynam dies when his U.S. Navy surplus North American SNJ-4 Texan trainer crashes into Horse Ridge 500 feet (150 meters) below its summit just after takeoff from Bend, Oregon. [26]
Northwest Airlines Flight 421, a Martin 2-0-2 passenger plane flying from Chicago to Minneapolis crashed near Fountain City, Wisconsin due to structural failure in its left wing. All 33 passengers and 4 crew aboard perished.