Zantop Cargo Flight of 11-Nov-1961

Infobox Airliner incident
name=Zantop Cargo Flight of 11-Nov-1961
Date=November 11, 1961
Crash

Type=pilot error
Site=Hebron, Kentucky
Fatalities=0
Injuries=2
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. [The Middletown Journal, Tuesday November 14, 1961]

Crash

The pilot, Calvin Goutier and co-pilot Richard Breathren were flying from Detroit carrying automotive parts for General Motors Corporation to the airport for a routine landing while enroute to Atlanta, Georgia [Albuquerque Tribune, Tuesday November 14, 1961] . Upon crashing the fuselage broke in two pieces and the wreckage was strewn along a 400-foot path. The crash occurred about 5:26 AM [New Castle News, Wednesday November 15, 1961] .

The plane had been tracked by radar and suddenly dissapperared from the radar screen, and airport authorities saw a large flash. [New Castle News, Wednesday November 15, 1961] .

The crew got out of the plane wreckage through an escape hatch, surviving with minor injuries (Goutier a spained ankle and Brethen a leg injury) [Albuquerque Journal, Wednesday November 15, 1961] . They 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 members.

References

External links

* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19611114-0&lang=en Aviation Safety Network Database]
* [http://www.crash-aerien.com/www/database/fiche.php?id=3186 Crash-Arien Database]