Skaneateles – Salisbury – Wilmington

On January 12, 1976 at 12:36 PM, Skaneateles – Salisbury – Wilmington experienced a crash involving Rockwell Aero Commander 560, operated by A. S. Wikstrom, with the event recorded near Skaneateles New York.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Just after liftoff at Skaneateles Airstrip, the twin engine airplane touched the runway and drifted to the left, causing the left main gear to struck a snowbank. The takeoff was continued when the airplane went out of control and rolled inverted. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N2692B, MSN 560-192, year of manufacture 1955.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.9470°, -76.4291°.