Zurich - Zurich

On June 19, 1957 at 10:20 AM, Zurich - Zurich experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Swissair, with the event recorded near Romanshorn Thurgau.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Zurich-Kloten at 0857LT on a local training flight, carrying one instructor, five student pilots, two engineers and one technician. The airplane followed different circuits at an altitude between 1,000 and 3,000 meters when control was lost over the Constance Lake. The aircraft went into a spin and crashed into the lake about 4 km off Romanshorn. The wreckage sank by a depth of 200 meters and only few debris were found on water and on the bank between Romanshorn and Arbon. All nine occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-IRK, MSN 20737, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.5654°, 9.3776°.