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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1972 |
| Time: | 07:48 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft E18S |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Taxi |
| Registration: | N42A |
| MSN: | BA-133 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cleveland, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, Ohio |
| Rockford, IL (KRFD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Aero Taxi, Flight 407, a Beech E18S, N42A, an air taxi revenue cargo flight, crashed into a residential area. The accident occurred shortly after takeoff from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, Ohio. The pilot, the only occupant of the aircraft, was fatally injured. Two houses were damaged by aircraft impact and fire, but no injuries were sustained by persons on the ground.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the in-flight failure of the left wing which resulted from a preexisting fatigue crack in the left-wing lower spar cap at Wing Station 81.
The fatigue crack was present during inspections of the spar cap for cracks at Wing Station 81 conducted prior to the accident,
but it was not detected during these inspections.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Feb-2020 07:45 | harro | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 13-Jan-2025 15:23 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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