IAI 1124 Westwind crash, Dec 26, 1999, Milwaukee-General...
IAI 1124 Westwind accident on December 26, 1999 near Milwaukee-General Billy Mitchell, Wisconsin, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of...
- Date: December 26, 1999
- Aircraft: IAI 1124 Westwind
- Location: Milwaukee-General Billy Mitchell, Wisconsin, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: Failure of the first-stage pressure reducer in the oxygen regulator assembly, which started the fire during oxygen system activation.
A Bradley Aviation IAI Westwind II was taxiing at General Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee on a positioning flight to Waukesha when a fire broke out during activation of the crew oxygen system. The fire consumed the pressure vessel and the aircraft was substantially damaged. Investigators traced the origin to the first-stage pressure reducer in the oxygen regulator assembly.