1961 Cincinnati Zantop DC-4 Crash

1961 Cincinnati Zantop DC-4 Crash

A Zantop Air Transport Douglas DC-4, was on its final approach down to Greater Cincinnati Airport runway 18, when it clipped some trees, lost altitude and crashed into a wooded area near the airport. This aircraft was the first of at least three aircraft on their final approach that failed to reach the safety of runway 18 at the Greater Cincinnati Airport, becoming victims of the area's hilly terrain with steep changes in elevation from the Ohio River.

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