- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: April 06, 1958
Time: 2319
Location: Freeland, Michigan
Operator: Capital Airlines
Flight #: 67
Route: New York - Detroit - Saginaw - Chicago
AC Type: Vickers Viscount 745D
Registration: N7437
cn / ln: 135
Aboard: 47   (passengers:44  crew:3)
Fatalities: 47   (passengers:44  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft stalled and crashed into a corn field, 300 feet short of the runway, while making a landing attempt at Tri-City Airport in restricted visibility of rain and snow. The aircraft struck the ground nose first, then flipped over and broke apart. Icing of the horizontal stabilizer leading to loss of pitch control.
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