ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332539
| Date: | Thursday 14 October 1965 |
| Time: | 17:43 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth AW-650 Argosy 101 |
| Owner/operator: | Zantop Air Transport |
| Registration: | N601Z |
| MSN: | 6659 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10768 hours |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 526 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km S of Pique, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Madison-Truax Field, WI (MSN/KMSN) |
| Dayton-Wright Patterson AFB, OH (FFO/KFFO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Argosy N601Z departed Madison-Truax Field at 16:10 for a flight to Patterson AFB. During the in-range descent all engines lost power as a result of fuel exhaustion. The aircraft descended and collided with supporting pylons of a highway (Interstate 75) overpass and an automobile after landing.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S): "Fuel exhaustion caused by the failure of the crew to compute and maintain an accurate fuel record."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File 1-0077
San Bernardino Sun 15 October 1965, p2
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