Narrative:
Crashed following uncontrolled descent from cruise altitude; destroyed by fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Undetermined."
Loss of control
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Wednesday 7 March 1973 |
| Time: | 06:59 |
| Type: |  North American Sabreliner 40 |
| Operator: | Ziegler Inc |
| Registration: | N9503Z |
| MSN: | 282-10 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Blaine, MN ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP/KMSP), United States of America |
| Hibbing-Chisholm Airport, MN (HIB/KHIB), United States of America |
Crashed following uncontrolled descent from cruise altitude; destroyed by fire.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Undetermined."
Classification:
Cause undetermined Loss of control
Sources:
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Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Hibbing-Chisholm Airport, MN as the crow flies is 278 km (174 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Hibbing-Chisholm Airport, MN as the crow flies is 278 km (174 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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