Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 06 APR 1958 |
| Time: | 23:19 |
| Type: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| Operator: | Capital Airlines |
| Registration: | N7437 |
| C/n / msn: | 135 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce 510 Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 47 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 0,7 km (0.4 mls) SW from Freeland-Tri City Airport, MI (MBS) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Flint-Bishop Airport, MI (FNT/KFNT), United States of America |
| Freeland-Tri City Airport, MI (MBS/KMBS), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 67 |
The Freeland approach conditions were poor (restricted visibility and icing conditions) when the Viscount crew tried to perform a steep turn to align with the runway. A stall occurred, followed by an over-the-top spin. The crew didn't regain control and the aircraft crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An undetected accretion of ice on the horizontal stabilizer which, in conjunction with specific airspeed and aircraft configuration, caused a loss of pitch control." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (113-117)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from Flint-Bishop Airport, MI to Freeland-Tri City Airport, MI as the crow flies is 68 km (43 miles).
Distance from Flint-Bishop Airport, MI to Freeland-Tri City Airport, MI as the crow flies is 68 km (43 miles).
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