Curtiss C-46 Commando crash, Jun 16, 1966 (3 killed), Col...
Curtiss C-46 Commando accident on June 16, 1966 near Columbia City Indiana, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: Inadequate visual lookout by the...
- Date: June 16, 1966
- Aircraft: Curtiss C-46 Commando
- Location: Columbia City Indiana, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Inadequate visual lookout by the crews of both aircraft, according to the NTSB findings.
A Zantop Air Transport Curtiss Commando on a cargo flight from Detroit to Kansas City collided with a Piper Aztec near Columbia City, Indiana, on the morning of 16 June 1966. Both aircraft went out of control and crashed into an open field. Both pilots of the Commando and the pilot of the Aztec were killed.