Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 11 DEC 1967 |
| Time: | 15:26 |
| Type: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| Operator: | United Air Lines |
| Registration: | N7429 |
| C/n / msn: | 127 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), United States of America |
| Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK/KCAK), United States of America |
The Viscount overran the runway, coming to rest down a 20 feet embankment, 120yds from the runway end.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot in command - misjudged distance and speed and failed to initiate a go around." Events:
Sources:
» NTSB File 1-0070
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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 Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI to Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH as the crow flies is 213 km (133 miles).
Distance from Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI to Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH as the crow flies is 213 km (133 miles).
