Blaine - Hibbing

On March 7, 1973 at 06:59 AM, Blaine - Hibbing experienced a crash involving Rockwell Sabreliner 40, operated by Ziegler, with the event recorded near Anoka County-Blaine (Janes Field) Minnesota.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Blaine-Anoka County Airport, while climbing, the airplane went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a huge explosion in an open field. The aircraft was totally destroyed and both crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N9503Z, MSN 282-10, year of manufacture 1964.