ACCIDENT DIGEST 2006-01

05 FEB 2006 Shorts 360 N3735W Air Cargo Carriers, Watertown

Date: 05 FEB 2006
Time: ca 17:00 local time
Type: Shorts 360 Variant 100
Operator: Air Cargo Carriers
Registration: N3735W
Msn / C/n: SH.3735
Year built: 1988
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R turboprop engines
Crew: 3 fatalities / 3 on board
Passengers: 0 fatalities / 0 on board
Total: 3 fatalities / 3 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: near Watertown, WI (USA)
Phase: En Route (ENR)
Nature: Photo
Departure airport: Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE)
Destination airport: Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE)
Two Air Cargo Carriers Shorts 360 cargo planes, N372AC and N3735W, departed Milwaukee (MKE) for a photo flight. Both aircraft collided in flight near Watertown. N3735W crashed into a field southeast of the intersection of Highway Q and Highway 19 and caught fire. The other Shorts carried out a forced landing at Juneau-Dodge County Airport, WI (UNU) where it skidded off the runway.