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San Antonian Dies In Detroit Crash

Dale S. Grisham, 32, a San Antonio pilot for Zantop Air Transport Inc., was among four killed Wednesday morning in the crash of a cargo plane near Detroit.

The plane, attempting an instrument landing, fell about four miles southwest of Detroit's Metropolitan Airport -- its destination. Grisham was a passenger on a routine Cleveland-to-Detroit cargo flight.

Duane A. Zantop, one of the owners of the cargo airline firm, said there was as yet ``no known cause or suggestion of cause.''

The control tower operator said he had contact with the pilot until ``about a minute before it crashed'' at 2:24 a.m.

The plane plowed through trees, strewing wreckage hundreds of yards.

Grisham, another passenger, the pilot, and the second officer were all employes [sic] of Zantop. An eight-year veteran pilot, Grisham had been flying with Zantop three months. Previously he had flown for Capitol Airways, another freight airline.

He had lived with his mother, Mrs. Harry B. Gibbs, 8722 Post Oak Dr. He was a graduate of Brackenridge High School and had attended San Antonio College and Trinity University.

Also surviving him are his daughters, Lu Anne, 7, and Valeria, 6; a son, Dale F. [sic S.] Jr., 5, all of Sandia, Tex.; and a sister, Mrs. Douglas N. Jackson, Layton, Utah.

Mrs. Gibbs said he would be brought to San Antonio for burial.

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S. A. Man Dies in C46 Crash

NEW BOSTON, Mich. -- (AP) -- Four persons, including a San Antonio man, were killed today in the crash of a C46 cargo plane attempting an instrument landing in foggy weather.

The plane plowed through trees, breaking apart and strewing wreakage over hundreds of yards. There was no fire.

Victims were identified by Zantop Air Transport Inc., an all-cargo airline as:

Al Fallon, Santa Rosa, Calif.; Hugo L. Bair, Elmhurst, N. Y.; J. R. Reed, Mantario, Sask., and Dale S. Grisham, San Antonio.

All were employes [sic] of Zantop. Fallon was captain and Blair second officer on the ill fated plane. The other two were dead-heading on a routine Cleveland to Detroit flight carrying general cargo.

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Cargo Plane Crash Kills Four Men

NEW BOSTON, Mich. (AP) -- Attempting an instrument landing in foggy weather, a cargo plane crashed some four miles short of Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Wednesday. All four men aboard were killed.

State police identified the dead as Al Fallon, 48, of Calistoga, Calif.; Hugo L. Bair, 30, of Elmhurst, N.Y.; Dale S. Grisham, 32, of San Antonio, Texas, and J. R. Reed, 21, of Mantario, Sask.

The plane shattered as it cut through treetops, scattering wreckage over several hundred yards. It belonged to Zantop Air Transport, Inc., of Detroit, and was reported on a routine Cleveland-Detroit run with general cargo.

Duane A. Zantop, one of the owners of the firm, said there was as yet ``no known cause or suggestion of cause.''

An airport tower control operator said he talked with the pilot, Fallon, about a minute before the plane disappeared from his radar scanning scope.

``He called over the radio and said he was approaching the field,'' the operator said, ``and we gave him landing information.''

The plane did not burn.