ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 4163
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| Date: | Thursday 19 April 1973 |
| Time: | 17:04 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft E18S |
| Owner/operator: | Air Iowa |
| Registration: | N310WA |
| MSN: | BA-12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 mls SW of Davenport-Municipal Airport, IA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Muscatine Airport, IA |
| Davenport-Municipal Airport, IA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Air Iowa Flight 333, a Beech E18S, operating as a scheduled air taxi passenger flight, crashed into an open, plowed field, while approaching the Davenport-Municipal Airport, Iowa, for a landing. The accident occurred approximately 3 miles southwest of the Davenport Airport. The pilot and five passengers were fatally injured. There were no injuries to persons on the ground. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces; there was no fire.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the in-flight failure of the right wing, which resulted from a preexisting fatigue crack in the lower spar cap of the wing at wing Station 81. Although the fatigue crack existed and was discernible during inspections conducted over the 6-year period prior to this accident, it was not detected.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Feb-2019 22:37 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2020 18:42 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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