| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | June 12, 1980 |
| Time: | 1546 |
| Location: | Valley, Nebraska |
| Operator: | Air Wisconsin |
| Flight #: | 965 |
| Route: | Appleton, WI - Minneapolis, MN, - Lincoln, NE |
| AC Type: | Swearingen 226TC Metro II |
| Registration: | N6505 |
| cn / ln: | TC-228 |
| Aboard: | 15 (passengers:13 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 13 (passengers:11 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | After penetrating a thunderstorm massive amounts of water cause both engine to lose power. Although the engines were restarted the crew could not recover and crashed into a field. Engine failure due to massive ingestion of water into both engines. Crew error. Unwise decision to enter an area of thunderstorms. Critical weather not disseminated. |
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