Capital Airlines Flight 67
A first responder removes debris from the wreckage of Capital Airlines Flight 67 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 6, 1958 |
| Summary | Stall, loss of control |
| Site | Tittabawassee Township, near Freeland-Tri City Airport, Freeland, Michigan, United States 43°31′14.05″N 84°5′54.91″W / 43.5205694°N 84.0985861°W |
| Aircraft | |
| A Capital Airlines Vickers Viscount similar to the one which crashed. | |
| Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount |
| Operator | Capital Airlines |
| Registration | N7437 |
| Flight origin | Newark International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States |
| 1st stopover | Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States |
| 2nd stopover | Flint-Bishop Airport, Flint, Michigan, United States |
| 3rd stopover | Freeland-Tri City Airport, Freeland, Michigan, United States |
| 4th stopover | Capital City Airport, Lansing, Michigan, United States |
| 5th stopover | Kent County Airport, Cascade Township, Michigan, United States |
| Destination | Chicago Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Passengers | 44 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 47 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Capital Airlines Flight 67 was a domestic scheduled U.S. passenger flight operated by Capital Airlines which crashed on final approach to Freeland, Michigan, during a severe snowstorm on April 6, 1958, killing all 47 people on board. The flight was en route from Flint-Bishop Airport to the Freeland-Tri City Airport (now MBS International Airport) when it crashed. Flight 67 was the first of four fatal crashes in the space of two years involving Capital Airlines Vickers Viscounts; the others were Flight 300 (May 1958), Flight 75 (May 1959), and Flight 20 (January 1960).