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September 9, 1969: another bad day for Allegheny Airlines/USAir
Allegheny Airlines Flight 853
Date: September 9, 1969
Summary: Mid-air collision
Site: Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana
Coordinates: 39°37′02″N 85°55′14″W
An Allegheny Airlines DC-9-31 sister ship of N988VJ, 1977
On September 9, 1969, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 passenger jet, 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.
Date: September 9, 1969
Summary: Mid-air collision
Site: Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana
Coordinates: 39°37′02″N 85°55′14″W
An Allegheny Airlines DC-9-31 sister ship of N988VJ, 1977
On September 9, 1969, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 passenger jet, 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.