| Date: | Thursday 16 June 1966 |
| Time: | 08:48 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Zantop Air Transport |
| Registration: | N10415 |
| MSN: | 341 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km NW of Columbia City, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW) |
| Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport, MO (MKC/KMKC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The C-46 collided with a Piper PA-23-250 Aztec aircraft (N56287); both aircraft crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Failure of both crews to maintain adequate lookout.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File # 1-0061
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