A Capital Airlines Vickers Viscount similar to the one which crashed. | |
Accident | |
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Date | April 6, 1958 |
Summary | Stall, loss of control |
Site | Tittabawassee Township, near Freeland-Tri City Airport, Freeland, Michigan, United States 43°31′14.05″N 84°5′54.91″W / 43.5205694°N 84.0985861°W / 43.5205694; -84.0985861 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount |
Operator | Capital Airlines |
Registration | N7437 |
Flight origin | Newark International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States |
1st stopover | Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States |
2nd stopover | Flint-Bishop Airport, Flint, Michigan, United States |
3rd stopover | Freeland-Tri City Airport, Freeland, Michigan, United States |
4th stopover | Capital City Airport, Lansing, Michigan, United States |
5th stopover | Kent County Airport, Cascade Township, Michigan, United States |
Destination | Chicago Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Passengers | 44 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 47 |
Survivors | 0 |
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. Flight 67 was the first of four fatal crashes in the space of two years involving Capital Airlines Vickers Viscounts; the others were Capital Airlines Flight 300 (May 1958), Capital Airlines Flight 75 (May 1959), and Capital Airlines Flight 20 (January 1960).
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. 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. Furthermore, the aircraft's stall warning device was inoperative.
A memorial to the victims was unveiled in a local cemetery in 2001.
References
- Andrick, Floyd The crash of Flight 67 was 60 years ago, Midland Daily News, April 6, 2018, retrieved 2024-03-18
- ^ "Civil Aeronautics Board Accident Report, Docket no. SA-331, File no. 1-0031". 6 April 1958. 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.
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1958 (1958) | |
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Jan 15 Channel Airways DH.104 DoveFeb 5 Tybee Island mid-air collisionFeb 6 Munich air disasterFeb 27 Winter Hill disasterApr 6 Capital Airlines Flight 67Apr 21 United Airlines Flight 736May 20 Capital Airlines Flight 300May 25 Dan Air Avro YorkJun 2 Aeronaves de México Flight 111Jun 9 Aeroflot Flight 105Jun 27 Westover Air Force Base KC-135 crashAug 9 Central African Airways Flight 890Aug 14 KLM Flight 607–EAug 15 Aeroflot Flight 4Aug 15 Northeast Airlines Flight 258Sep 2 London Vickers VikingSep 2 1958 C-130 shootdown incidentSep 5 Aeroflot Flight 365Sep 7 Aeroflot Flight 164Sep 19 Lazo Il-12 crashSep 20 Syerston Avro Vulcan crashOct 17 Aeroflot Тu-104 Kanash crashOct 22 BEA Flight 142Dec 4 Aviaco LanguedocDec 24 BOAC Bristol Britannia | |
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