Capital Airlines Flight 75
A Capital Airlines Vickers Viscount similar to the one which crashed. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | May 12, 1959 |
| Summary | In-flight structural failure following weather-induced loss of control |
| Site | Chase, Maryland, United States 39°20.5′N 76°23.0′W / 39.3417°N 76.3833°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| Operator | Capital Airlines |
| Registration | N7463 |
| Flight origin | LaGuardia Airport |
| Destination | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
| Occupants | 31 |
| Passengers | 27 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 31 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Capital Airlines Flight 75 was a domestic scheduled Capital Airlines passenger flight between LaGuardia Airport and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. A Vickers Viscount flying the route crashed near Chase, Maryland, on May 12, 1959, with the loss of all on board. The crash was the third of four involving a Capital Airlines Vickers Viscount in less than two years; the other three were Capital Airlines Flight 67 (April 1958), Capital Airlines Flight 300 (May 1958), and Capital Airlines Flight 20 (January 1960).