Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, United States 39°37′02″N85°55′14″W / 39.61722°N 85.92056°W / 39.61722; -85.92056
Total fatalities
83
Total survivors
0
First aircraft
N988VJ, the aircraft involved in the collision, seen in December 1968.
Type
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
Operator
Allegheny Airlines
IATA flight No.
AL853
ICAO flight No.
ALO853
Call sign
ALLEGHENY 853
Registration
N988VJ
Flight origin
Boston Logan Airport
1st stopover
Friendship International Airport
2nd stopover
Greater Cincinnati Airport
3rd stopover
Indianapolis International Airport
Destination
St. Louis International Airport
Occupants
82
Passengers
78
Crew
4
Fatalities
82
Survivors
0
Second aircraft
A Piper PA-28 similar to the accident aircraft
Type
Piper PA-28-140
Registration
N7374J
Flight origin
Brookside Airpark, Brookside
Destination
Columbus Municipal Airport Columbus
Occupants
1
Crew
1
Fatalities
1
Survivors
0
Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 was a regularly scheduled Allegheny Airlines flight from Boston, Massachusetts, to St. Louis, Missouri, with stops in Baltimore, Maryland, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. On September 9, 1969, the aircraft serving the flight, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, collided in mid-air with a Piper PA-28 light aircraft near Fairland, Indiana. The DC-9 was carrying 78 passengers and 4 crew members, and the Piper was leased to a student pilot on a solo cross-country flight. All 83 occupants of both aircraft were killed in the accident and both aircraft were destroyed.[1]
^Aircraft Accident Report, Allegheny Airlines, Inc., DC-9, N988VJ, and a Forth Corporation, Piper PA-28, N7374J, Near Fairland, Indiana, September 9, 1969(PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. July 15, 1970. NTSB-AAR-70-15. Retrieved March 25, 2016. - Copy from the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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