Douglas DC-9 crash, Sep 9, 1969 (83 killed), Fairland Ind...
Douglas DC-9 accident on September 9, 1969 near Fairland Indiana, United States with 83 fatalities. Cause: Deficiencies in the collision avoidance...
- Date: September 9, 1969
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
- Location: Fairland Indiana, United States
- Fatalities: 83
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Deficiencies in the collision avoidance capability of the FAA ATC system in a terminal area with mixed IFR and VFR traffic; an intervening cloud condition prevented either crew from seeing the other until seconds before the collision (NTSB AAR70-15)
Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a DC 9, collided in flight with a Piper PA 28 Cherokee flown by a student pilot near Fairland, Indiana, about 4 miles northwest of the field. Both aircraft were destroyed by the collision and ground impact, with all 83 occupants killed.