Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 06 ABR 1958 |
| Hora: | 23:19 |
| Tipo: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| Operador: | Capital Airlines |
| Registración: | N7437 |
| Numéro de série: | 135 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1956 |
| Motores: | 4 Rolls Royce 510 Dart |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 44 / Ocupantes: 44 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 47 / Ocupantes: 47 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 0,7 km (0.4 milles) SW de Freeland-Tri City Airport, MI (MBS) (Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Flint-Bishop Airport, MI (FNT/KFNT), Estados Unidos de América |
| Freeland-Tri City Airport, MI (MBS/KMBS), Estados Unidos de América | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 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." Fuentes:
» 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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