- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 29, 1972
Time: 0937
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Operator: North Central Airlines / Air Wisconsin
Flight #: 290 / 671
Route: Chicago, IL - Appleton, WI - Sheboygan, WI
AC Type: Convair CV-580/De Hav. Twin Otter 100
Registration: N90858/N4043B
cn / ln: 083 / 013
Aboard: 13   (passengers:8  crew:5)
Fatalities: 13   (passengers:8  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: Both aircraft were proceeding under VFR getting ready to land when there was a midair collision. Both aircraft crashed into Lake Winnebago and sank. The failure of both flightcrews to detect visually the other aircraft in sufficient time to initiate evasive action.
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