Accident | |
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Date | March 5, 1967 |
Summary | Loss of control and aircraft break-up after catastrophic propeller failure |
Site | During descent to Toledo Express Airport, near Marseilles Township, Wyandot County, Ohio 40°41′37″N 83°25′51″W / 40.69361°N 83.43083°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Convair 580 |
Operator | Lake Central Airlines |
Registration | N73130 |
Flight origin | Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
1st stopover | Lafayette (IN) Airport |
2nd stopover | Greater Cincinnati Airport |
3rd stopover | Port Columbus International Airport |
4th stopover | Toledo Express Airport |
Destination | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport |
Passengers | 35 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 38 |
Survivors | 0 |
Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 was a regularly scheduled Convair 580 flight on March 5, 1967 from Chicago, Illinois to Detroit, Michigan with stops at Lafayette, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio. The aircraft crashed near Marseilles, Ohio, killing all 38 passengers and crew on board.[1]