Capital Airlines Flight 300

Capital Airlines Flight 300

Forward section of the Vickers Viscount
Accident
Date	May 20, 1958 (1958-05-20)
Summary	Mid-air collision
Site	Four miles east-northeast of Brunswick, Maryland 39°18′39.71″N 77°37′7.95″W
Total fatalities	12
Total injuries	1
Total survivors	1
First aircraft
A Vickers Viscount similar to the one involved in the incident.
Type	Vickers Viscount
Operator	Capital Airlines
Registration	N7410
Passengers	7
Crew	4
Survivors	0
Second aircraft
A T-33 Shooting Star similar to the one involved in the incident.
Type	Lockheed T-33
Operator	USAF Maryland Air National Guard
Registration	53-5966
Crew	2
Survivors	1

On 20 May, 1958 a Vickers Viscount airliner operating Capital Airlines Flight 300 was involved in a mid air collision with a USAF T-33 jet trainer on a VFR proficiency flight in the skies above Brunswick, Maryland.

References

Capital Airlines

• https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580520-1
• http://www.baesel.net/capaccidents/1958.05.20_CapitalAirlines_Viscount&MarylandAirNationalGuard_T33.pdf
• http://www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount108History.aspx

May 20, 1958Capital Airlines Flight 300, a Vickers Viscount 745D (N7410), collided with Air National Guard Lockheed T-33 53-5966, killing all eleven on board when the Viscount crashed at Brunswick, Maryland, as was one of the two crew members of the T-33

• File:Capital Airlines Flight 300 (1).jpg