Convair PBY-5A N610FF

15 October 1970 · Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 15 October 1970 at about 09:40 local time, a Convair PBY-5A registered N610FF, operated by Quester Intern, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States. 5 people were on board and 2 died, 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 October 1970 at 09:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest airport: Oneida County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Convair PBY-5A
Registration: N610FF
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Quester Intern
Operating rule: Other
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1467

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	2	3	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

MINERAL RESEARCH, ELECT EQPT TEST FLT.T/O WITH APRX 50PCT FROST ACCUMULATION ON ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1467, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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