Vickers Viscount crash, Dec 11, 1967, Akron-Canton Ohio
Vickers Viscount accident on December 11, 1967 near Akron-Canton Ohio, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot in command misjudged distance...
- Date: December 11, 1967
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Akron-Canton Ohio, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot in command misjudged distance and speed and did not initiate a go around (NTSB report CHI68A0054, as summarized in secondary sources).
United Airlines Vickers 745D Viscount N7429 was on a scheduled flight from Detroit to Akron Canton. After touchdown on 11 December 1967 it could not stop within the runway, overran, lost its undercarriage and went down an embankment. No one was killed and the aircraft was written off.