Zantop Cargo Flight of 11-Nov-1961

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Zantop Cargo Flight of 11-Nov-1961
Summary
Date  November 11, 1961
Type  pilot error
Site  Hebron, Kentucky
Fatalities  0
Injuries  2
Aircraft
 Aircraft type  DC-4
Operator  Zantop Air Transport
Tail number  N30061
Passengers  0
Crew  2
Survivors  2


A Zantop Air Transport DC-4 was on final approach to Greater Cincinnati Airport runway 18, when it clipped some trees, lost altitude and crashed into a wooded area near the airport.[1]

[edit] Crash

The pilot, Calvin Goutier and co-pilot Richard Breathren were flying from Detroit to the airport for a routine landing while enroute to Atlanta, Georgia. Upon crashing the fuselage broke in two pieces and the wreckage was strewn along a 400-foot path.

The crew survived the crash with minor injuries and walked to U.S. Route 20, about 1-1/2 miles away, for help. A passing motorist, who worked for Delta Air Lines noted a person walking out of the woods and continued driving to the airport. Later, Delta employees picked up the surviving crew memebers.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Middletown Journal, Tuesday November 14, 1961