Air Cargo Carriers

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airline=Air Cargo Carriers
logo=AirCargoCarriersbanner final.jpg
logo_size=280px
fleet_size=24
destinations=
IATA=2Q
ICAO=SNC
callsign=NIGHT CARGO
parent=
founded=1986
headquarters=Milwaukee, Wisconsin
key_people=
hubs=General Mitchell International Airport
focus_cities=
alliance=
website= http://aircar.com/acci/

Air Cargo Carriers is a cargo airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It was established in 1986 and operates contract feeder cargo services for UPS and DHL. Air Cargo Carriers, Inc. is the largest civilian operator of Shorts aircraft in the world. Its main base of operations is General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukeecite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 54 | date= 2007-03-27] .

Air Cargo Carriers has its own Shorts Cockpit Procedures Trainer for pilot training. Pilots finish training in a Shorts simulators in La Guardia, New York City with Flight Safety Training.

In the 1990s Air Cargo Carriers founded the Center for Part 135 Freight Excellence in Caledonia, WI.

Fleet

The Air Cargo Carriers fleet includes the following aircraft (as of June2007) :

*6 Shorts 330
*14 Shorts 360-200
*3 Shorts 360-300
*1 Beechcraft King Air 90

Incidents and accidents

A fatal accident occurred on February 5 2006 in which two of their planes collided midair over Watertown, Wisconsin. One of the planes crashed, killing all three people on board. The other plane was able to carry out a safe emergency landing at a Dodge County Airport IATA code (UNU), Juneau, Wisconsin. The flight crew performed an emergency landing on with flaps retracted and a partially extended landing gear. The airplane overran the end of the runway, coming to rest about 100 feet from the departure threshold. [ [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=390185 JS Online] ] [ [http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20060209X00189&key=3 NTSB] ]

On December 10 2004, an Air Cargo Carrier Shorts SD3-60 overran runway 30 after landing at Oshawa Airport, Ontario, Canada. The two pilots received serious injuries. The forecast weather at the time of the accident was reported to be variable ceiling 100-300 feet overcast, 1/2 mile visibility, and wind 230 deg. at 15 knots. The investigation is being conducted by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. [ [http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/air/2004/a04o0336/a04o0336.asp Transport Safety Board of Canada] ] . Company employee states both pilots were able to continue their careers and moved on to other airlines

References

External links

* [http://aircar.com/acci/ Air Cargo Carriers]
* [http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/5254/routemapee4.jpgRoute Map]