Detroit – Kansas City

On June 16, 1966 at 08:48 AM, Detroit – Kansas City experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by Zantop Air Transport, with the event recorded near Columbia City Indiana.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While on a cargo flight from Detroit to Kansas City, the C-46 collided with a private Piper Aztec registered N5628Y. Following the collision, both aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field located in Columbia City. Both pilots on board the C-46 and the pilot of the Aztec were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N10415, MSN 341, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.1569°, -85.4885°.