Date: | March 16, 1960 |
Location: | Tell City, Indiana |
Aircraft: | Lockheed 188C Electra |
Reg: | N121US |
Airline: | Northwest Orient Airlines |
Flight No: | 710 |
Fatalities: | 63 : 63 |
A design flaw in the Electra caused an ocillation know as whorl mode to produce a flutter in the wings which led to the detachment of the wing. The plane crashed to earth in a high speed dive. |