Martin 202 crash, Jan 12, 1955 (13 killed), Cincinnati Ke...
Martin 202 accident on January 12, 1955 near Cincinnati Kentucky, United States with 13 fatalities. Cause: DC-3 operated in the control zone as unknown...
- Date: January 12, 1955
- Aircraft: Martin 202
- Location: Cincinnati Kentucky, United States
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: DC-3 operated in the control zone as unknown traffic without clearance, very close to the base of or within the overcast
A TWA Martin 202 on a scheduled service from Cincinnati to Cleveland collided with a privately operated DC-3 about two minutes after takeoff from Greater Cincinnati Airport. Both aircraft went into a dive and crashed in a field and wooded area in a Cincinnati suburb. All 13 people on the Martin and both pilots of the DC-3 were killed.