N-7462 (Haufe HAWK-MODEL 4) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on March 26, 1936.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1975 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N-7462.

January 18, 1960AccidentHull loss
At approximately 2219 e.s.t. on January 18, 1960, a Capital Airlines Vickers-Armstrongs Viscount, registration N 7462, crashed and burned in a wooded area near Charles City, Virginia. The flight was en route from Washington, D.C., to Norfolk, Virginia. All passengers, including two infants, and the four crew members received fatal injuries. The aircraft struck the ground in a level attitude with no forward velocity. **The flight** Capital Airlines Flight 20 originated at Chicago Midway Airport
Vickers Viscount · 50 fatalities
The Board determines the probable cause of this accident was the delayed arming of the engine ice-protection systems while flying in icy conditions, resulting in the loss of engine power and attendant electrical energy required to unfeather propellers and relight sufficient engines to maintain flight. Full accident record