Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 20 MAY 1958 |
| Hora: | 11:29 EDT |
| Tipo: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| Operador: | Capital Airlines |
| Registración: | N7410 |
| Numéro de série: | 108 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1956 |
| Motores: | 4 Rolls Royce 510 Dart |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 7 / Ocupantes: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 11 / Ocupantes: 11 |
| Víctimas de la colisión: | Fatalidades: 1 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 6,4 km (4 milles) NE of Brunswick, MD (Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT), Estados Unidos de América |
| Baltimore-Glenn L. Martin Airport, MD (MTN/KMTN), Estados Unidos de América | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 300 |
Viscount N7410 was descending en route from Pittsburgh to Baltimore on an IFR flight plan, but in VFR conditions.
An Air National Guard Lockheed T-33 aircraft (35966) took off from Martin Airport at 11:07 for a VFR proficiency flight. Just before the collision the aircraft were observed in the area west of Brunswick flying parallel easterly courses with the T-33 some distance behind and to the left of the Viscount. The T-33 quickly overtook the Viscount and made a gentle right turn during which it struck the forward left side of the fuselage of the Viscount at 8000 feet. Both aircraft crashed, but one of the T-33 crewmembers ejected safely.
At the time of the collision the Viscount flew at an airspeed of 235 knots and the T-33 at 290kts; giving a rate of closure of 195kts.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the T-33 pilot to exercise a proper and adequate vigilance to see and avoid other traffic." Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (139-149)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Collision flight path
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Pittsburgh International Airport, PA to Baltimore-Glenn L. Martin Airport, MD as the crow flies is 348 km (218 miles).
Distance from Pittsburgh International Airport, PA to Baltimore-Glenn L. Martin Airport, MD as the crow flies is 348 km (218 miles).
