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Capital Airlines Flight 67 was a domestic scheduled U.S. passenger flight operated by Capital Airlines which crashed on final approach to Freeland, Michigan, during a severe snowstorm on April 6, 1958, killing all 47 people on board. The flight was en route from Flint-Bishop Airport to the Freeland-Tri City Airport (now MBS International Airport) when it crashed.[1] Flight 67 was the first of four fatal crashes in the space of two years involving Capital Airlines Vickers Viscounts;[2] the others were Capital Airlines Flight 300 (May 1958),[3] Capital Airlines Flight 75 (May 1959), and Capital Airlines Flight 20 (January 1960).
 A Capital Airlines Vickers Viscount similar to the one which crashed. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 6, 1958 |
| Summary | Stall, loss of control |
| Site | Near Freeland, Michigan 43°31′14.05″N 84°5′54.91″W |
| Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount |
| Operator | Capital Airlines |
| Registration | N7437 |
| Flight origin | Flint-Bishop Airport |
| Destination | Freeland-Tri City Airport |
| Passengers | 44 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 47 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Approach conditions towards Freeland were poor due to the weather; there was restricted visibility, and conditions were ripe for icing. The plane's crew apparently attempted a steep turn to align the craft with the runway. This caused the plane to stall, which was followed by a spin.[4] The crew could not regain control, leading to the crash.
The official cause of the crash was listed as an undetected buildup of ice on the horizontal stabilizer which, coupled with airspeed and the design of the aircraft, caused it to lose control.[4] Furthermore, the aircraft's stall warning device was inoperative.[1][5]
A memorial to the victims was unveiled in a local cemetery in 2001.[6]
References
- "Civil Aeronautics Board Accident Report, Docket no. SA-331, File no. 1-0031". Retrieved June 1, 2021. – PDF
- Capital Airlines accidents and incidents
- Accident description for Capital Airlines Flight 300 at the Aviation Safety Network
- Accident description for Capital Airlines Flight 67 at the Aviation Safety Network
- Winger, Doug (March 24, 2008). "47 perish: Easter Sunday plane crash at Tri-City Airport remembered 50 years later". Midland Daily News. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013.
- Henson, Stacey (April 6, 2008). "Crash of Capital Airlines Flight 67 lingers like contrails in the mind of an Essexville, Michigan, author and plane enthusiast". Saginaw news archives, mlive.com.
External links
- Henson, Stacey (April 6, 2008). "Michigan's third-worst plane crash killed all 47 aboard 50 years ago today in Freeland". Saginaw news archives, mlive.com.
- Henson, Stacey (April 6, 2008). "As a boy, Carl Burk of Freeland surveyed the crash site of Capital Airlines Flight 67". Saginaw news archives, mlive.com.
- Eng, Bernie (April 6, 2008). "Flight 67 victims". Saginaw news archives, mlive.com.
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- [en] Capital Airlines Flight 67
[it] Volo Capital Airlines 67
Il volo Capital Airlines 67 era un volo passeggeri interno operato dalla Capital Airlines che si schiantò durante l'avvicinamento finale a Freeland, Michigan, durante una forte tempesta di neve il 6 aprile 1958. Il volo era in rotta dall'aeroporto di Flint-Bishop al Freeland- Tri City (ora Aeroporto Internazionale MBS) quando cadde al suolo.[1] Il volo 67 fu il primo di quattro incidenti mortali nell'arco di due anni che coinvolsero i Vickers Viscount della Capital;[2] gli altri erano il volo Capital Airlines 300 (maggio 1958),[3] il volo Capital Airlines 75 (maggio 1959) e il volo Capital Airlines 20 (gennaio 1960).[ru] Катастрофа Vickers Viscount во Фриленде
Катастрофа Vickers Viscount во Фриленде — авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая ночью в воскресенье 6 апреля 1958 года, в пасхальное воскресенье, близ Фриленда (англ.) (рус. (штат Мичиган). Пассажирский самолёт Vickers 745D Viscount американской авиакомпании Capital Airlines завершая рейс из Флинта заходил на посадку в аэропорт Трай-Сити (англ.) (рус., а его экипаж наблюдал аэродром. Но затем вдруг авиалайнер рухнул на землю и разрушился, при этом погибли 47 человек.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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