Zantop Cargo Flight of 11-Nov-1961
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Summary | |
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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
- ^ The Middletown Journal, Tuesday November 14, 1961