# NTSB Accident CHI01FA180
> **Potez-Air Fouga CM 170** · 2001-06-16 · La Crosse, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI01FA180
- **Event ID:** 20010621X01233
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-06-16
- **Location:** La Crosse, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.878887, -91.256668
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Potez-Air Fouga
- **Model:** CM 170
- **Registration:** N301FM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The fatigue failure of the aircraft's left wing tip fuel tank rear attachment, while the aircraft was being maneuvered in a low approach, leading to the tank's in-flight separation and subsequent in-flight break up of the airplane and the aircraft's control not possible.

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