Capital Airlines Flight 20
Crash site | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 18, 1960 |
| Summary | Loss of control after total engine failure due to icing |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| A Capital Airlines Vickers Viscount similar to the one which crashed. | |
| Aircraft type | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| Operator | Capital Airlines |
| Registration | N7462 |
| Flight origin | Chicago Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| 1st stopover | Washington National Airport Arlington County, Virginia, United States |
| Destination | Norfolk Municipal Airport, Norfolk, Virginia, United States |
| Passengers | 46 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 50 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Capital Airlines Flight 20 was a U.S. scheduled passenger flight from Washington, D.C. to Norfolk, Virginia. A Vickers Viscount flying the route crashed into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, on January 18, 1960. The accident was the fourth fatal crash involving a Capital Viscount in less than two years; the first three were Capital Airlines Flight 67 (April 1958), Capital Airlines Flight 300 (May 1958) and Capital Airlines Flight 75 (May 1959).