Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 N4043B,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330465

Date:	Thursday 29 June 1972
Time:	10:37
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Owner/operator:	Air Wisconsin
Registration:	N4043B
MSN:	13
Year of manufacture:	1966
Total airframe hrs:	15664 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:	5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	ca. 8 km S of Appleton, WI - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Sheboygan Memorial Airport, WI (SBM/KSBM)
Destination airport:	Appleton-Outagamie County Airport, WI (ATW/KATW)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
North Central Flight 290, a Convair CV-580 departed Green Bay (GRB) at 10:30 for a flight to Oshkosh (OSH), Milwaukee (MKE) and Chicago. The aircraft climbed to 2,500 feet and proceeded on an approximate course to Oshkosh. At 10:35 the flight made its initial contact with Oshkosh tower stating, "...we're about, seven northeast, two thousand five hundred, VFR." The crew were cleared for a runway 27 landing at 10:36. At that same time, an Air Wisconsin Twin Otter turboprop plane was on its way from Sheboygan (SBM) to Appleton (ATW) at the same altitude. An in-flight collision occurred at 10:36:47 over Lake Winnebago, at an altitude of approximately 2,500 feet. Explosion and fire followed the and both aircraft fell into Lake Winnebago. The accident occurred in hazy sunlight below a scattered cloud layer.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of both flight crews to detect visually the other aircraft in sufficient time to initiate evasive action. the Board is unable to determine why each crew failed to see and avoid the other aircraft; however, the Board believes that the ability of both crews to detect the other aircraft in time to avoid a collision was reduced because of the atmospheric conditions and human visual limitations."

Accident investigation: