- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: April 19, 1993
Time: 1552
Location: Zwingle, Iowa
Operator: Private
Flight #: -
Route: Cincinnati, OH - Pierre, SD
AC Type: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60
Registration: N86SD
cn / ln: 765SA
Aboard: 8   (passengers:6  crew:2)
Fatalities: 8   (passengers:6  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: While cruising at FL240, a fracture of the propeller hub resulted in the separation of a propeller blade and damage to the engine, nacelle, wing and fuselage causing significant degradation to aircraft performance. The aircraft was incapable of maintaining altitude and crashed into a silo while attempting to make an emergency landing. South Dakota Governor George Mickelson, 52, killed.
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