1967 aviation disaster in Concord Township, Ohio, US
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TWA Flight 553
Accident
Date
March 9, 1967
Summary
Mid-air collision
Site
Concord Township, Champaign County, near Urbana, Ohio 40°11′49″N83°48′46″W / 40.19694°N 83.81278°W / 40.19694; -83.81278
Total fatalities
26
Total survivors
0
First aircraft
A DC-9-15 of Trans World Airlines similar to the aircraft involved
Type
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
Operator
Trans World Airlines
IATA flight No.
TW553
ICAO flight No.
TWA553
Call sign
TWA 553
Registration
N1063T
Flight origin
LaGuardia Airport, New York
1st stopover
Harrisburg-York State Airport, Pennsylvania
2nd stopover
Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pennsylvania
Last stopover
Dayton Municipal Airport, Ohio
Destination
Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Illinois
Occupants
25
Passengers
21
Crew
4
Fatalities
25
Survivors
0
Second aircraft
A Beechcraft Baron 55 similar to the aircraft involved
Type
Beechcraft Baron 55
Operator
Private
Registration
N6127V
Occupants
1
Passengers
0
Crew
1
Fatalities
1
Survivors
0
Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 553 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 jet airliner, registration N1063T, operated by Trans World Airlines on March 9, 1967 between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dayton, Ohio. While descending toward Dayton about 29 miles (25 nmi; 47 km) from the airport, the flight collided in midair with a Beechcraft Baron, a small, general-aviation airplane, near Urbana, Ohio. All 25 aboard the DC-9 and the sole occupant of the Beechcraft were killed.[1]
^"Aircraft Accident Report. Trans World Airlines Inc., Douglas DC-9, Tann Company Beechcraft Baron B-55 In-flight Collision Near Urbana, Ohio, March 9, 1967" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. June 19, 1968. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
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