attributed to ice on the horizontal stabilizer. May 20, 1958 Capital Airlines Flight 300, a Vickers Viscount 745D (N7410, Fin #329), 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. June 4, 1958 Capital Airlines Flight 3, a Douglas C-53B (N49553, Fin #233), crashed at Martinsburg Airport, Martinsburg, West Virginia. A trainee stalled the aircraft on takeoff, the instructor failed to monitor the situation and airplane crashed off the end of the runway. May 12, 1959 Capital Airlines Flight 983, a Lockheed L-049E Constellation (N2735A), was intentionally ground looped by the pilot, after a landing on a short, wet runway at Charleston, West Virginia. It caught fire as it skidded and slid down a steep embankment, killing two of 44 on board. May 12, 1959 Capital Airlines Flight 75, a Vickers Viscount 745D (N7463), broke up in mid-air after encountering thunderstorms. The aircraft crashed at Chase, Maryland, killing all 31 people on board. August 26, 1959 A Capital Airlines Douglas DC-3 (N44993), crashed on landing at Charleston, West Virginia. The pilot lost control and the airplane swerved off the runway and plunged down an embankment. The probable cause of the accident was loss of control following a poorly executed landing. January 18, 1960 Capital Airlines Flight 20, a Vickers Viscount 745D (N7462, Fin #380), crashed at Holdcroft, Virginia, after losing power from at first two, then all four engines (although one engine was restarted). All 50 people on board were killed. See also List of defunct airlines of the United States Miss Pittsburgh — preserved historic aircraft flown by Clifford Ball References Sources Charles Baptie "Capital Airlines a Nostalgic Flight into the Past" Charles Baptie Studio, Annandale, Virginia, 1984, L.O.C Number 84-070588 Airline History: Capital Airlines (archive.org copy) Lloyd, Kristin B. "Flying the Capital Way, Part I" (PDF), Historic Alexandria Quarterly, Winter 1997 Lloyd, Kristin B. "Flying the Capital Way, Part II" (PDF), Historic Alexandria Quarterly, Spring 1998 External links Capital Airlines timeline, baesel.net Memorabilia related to Capital Airlines and its predecessors, baesel.net Images of Capital Airlines timetables and route map, airtimes.com Capital Airlines - PCA - Pennsylvania Central Airlines has several Capital timetables from 1937 to 1960, showing where they flew, how often, how long it took and how much it cost. Capital Airlines history , century-of-flight.net