ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) N999B Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Wednesday 12 January 1955
Time:09:04
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Operator:Castleton Inc
Registration: N999B
MSN: 4255
First flight: 1942
Total airframe hrs:5677
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-65-92
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Collision casualties:Fatalities: 13
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:4 km (2.5 mls) W of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG) (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:Battle Creek-WK Kellogg Regional Airport, MI (BTL/KBTL), United States of America
Destination airport:Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY (LEX/KLEX), United States of America
Narrative:
DC-3 N999B departed Battle Creek at 07:33 for a VFR flight to Lexington, KY.
At 09:02 a TWA Martin 2-0-2 departed Cincinnati Airport runway 22. While making a right turn, the Martin collided with the DC-3 at or near the cloud base (700-900 feet).
The left wing of the DC-3 came in contact with the right propeller of the Martin. The right wing of the Martin and the left wing of the DC-3 then struck resulting in disintegration of the DC-3 wing and causing such structural damage to the Martin right wing that it also separated from the aircraft. The left propeller of the Martin cut across the top of the DC-3 fuselage and through the vertical fin and rudder. Portions of the DC-3 fin and rudder separated in flight.
Both aircraft crashed out of control.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Operation of the DC-3 in the control zone as unknown traffic, without clearance, very close to the base of, or in, the overcast."

Classification:
Mid air collision
Loss of control

Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (39-43)


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Distance from Battle Creek-WK Kellogg Regional Airport, MI to Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY as the crow flies is 475 km (297 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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