Cessna 501 Citation I crash, Aug 2, 1979 (1 killed), Akro...
Cessna 501 Citation I accident on August 2, 1979 near Akron-Canton Ohio, United States with 1 fatality.
- Date: August 2, 1979
- Aircraft: Cessna 501 Citation I
- Location: Akron-Canton Ohio, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
On 2 August 1979 American baseball player Thurman Munson was killed when his Cessna 501 Citation I crashed short of runway 19 at Akron-Canton Airport, Ohio. He was practicing touch and go landings on a local flight with two passengers. The aircraft touched down about 870 feet short of the runway, slid through trees, struck a stump and came to rest against the airport boundary fence, where it caught fire. The two passengers escaped; the pilot died.