What the records say
- When
- 29 Oct 1960
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 41.59° N, 83.81° W
- Description
- 1960 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 22
California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash
1960 accident in Ohio, US
On October 29, 1960, a Curtiss C-46 passenger aircraft crashed shortly after take-off near Toledo, Ohio, U.S. The World War II-era aircraft was carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs college football team home from a game against the Bowling Green Falcons. Of the 48 people on board, 22 were killed, including both pilots, 16 players, a student manager, and a Cal Poly football booster.
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