Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 12, 1955 (2 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 12, 1955 near Cincinnati Kentucky, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: DC-3 operated in the...
- Date: January 12, 1955
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Cincinnati Kentucky, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: DC-3 operated in the control zone as unknown traffic without clearance, very close to the base of or within the overcast
A privately operated Douglas DC-3 (N999B) flying from Battle Creek to Miami via Lexington collided with a TWA Martin 202 that had just taken off from Greater Cincinnati Airport. Both aircraft then dived and crashed near Cincinnati. The two crew of the DC-3 were killed.