| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 09, 1969 |
| Time: | 1429 |
| Location: | Near Fairland, Indiana |
| Operator: | Allegheny Airlines / Forth Corporation |
| Flight #: | 853 |
| Route: | Indianapolis - Bakalar AFB |
| AC Type: | MD Douglas DC-9-31/Piper Cherokee PA-28 |
| Registration: | N988VJ/N7374J |
| cn / ln: | 47211/357 / ? |
| Aboard: | 83 (passengers:79 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 83 (passengers:79 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Midair collision at 2,500 ft. The Piper crashed into the tail of the DC-9 as it prepared to land. Eighty-two killed aboard the DC-9, one aboard the Piper. Inadequate VFR separation and deficiencies in the ATC system in the terminal area with mixed VFR/IFR traffic. |
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