Zurich - Zurich

On February 10, 1967 at 07:46 AM, Zurich - Zurich experienced a crash involving Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, operated by Swissair, with the event recorded near Zurich-Kloten Zurich.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Zurich-Kloten runway 28 at 0743LT on a local training mission, carrying an instructor and three student pilots. During initial climb, the captain turn slightly to the right and continued at low height when the aircraft contacted tree tops, stalled and crashed in a wooded area located in Regensberg, about 8 km northwest of the airport. Debris scattered on more than 200 meters and all four crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-IMF, MSN 355, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.4439°, 8.5715°.