| Date: | Wednesday 20 January 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A |
| Owner/operator: | Zantop Air Transport |
| Registration: | N49551 |
| MSN: | 4940 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kansas City, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Jackson-Reynolds Municipal Airport, MI (JXN/KJXN) |
| Kansas City-Fairfax Field, KS | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Zantop DC-3 was on a runway 21 ADF approach when it crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The loss of control of the aircraft at an altitude too low to effect recovery. The loss of control resulted from an accumulation of ice and the use of de-icer boots at low air speeds."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (49-51)
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