1961 Cincinnati Zantop DC-4 crash
A C-54 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 14, 1961 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Site | Hebron, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator | Zantop Air Transport |
| Registration | N30061 |
| Flight origin | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupants | 3 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 3 |
On November 14, 1961, a Zantop Air Transport Douglas DC-4 was on its final approach to Greater Cincinnati Airport runway 18 (now runway 18C), when it clipped some trees and crashed into a wooded area north of the airport. The cargo plane's three crew members survived the crash and escaped the wreckage with injuries.
This was the first of at least three aircraft on their final approach that failed to reach runway 18 at the Greater Cincinnati Airport, becoming victims of the area's hilly terrain with steep changes in elevation from the Ohio River, the others being the mass casualty accidents American Airlines Flight 383 (in 1965) and TWA Flight 128 (in 1967), with a combined 128 death toll.