Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 MAR 1948 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54B-1-DC |
| Operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N90426 |
| C/n / msn: | 10433 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 36 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tulsa International Airport, OK (TUL) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tulsa International Airport, OK (TUL/KTUL), United States of America |
| Los Angeles Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), United States of America |
The nosewheel struck a snowdrift on takeoff. The damage prevented the nosegear from being raised. The flight continued to Dallas-Love Field where a safe landing was carried out. Reportedly damaged beyond repair as a result of this mishap.
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Distance from Tulsa International Airport, OK to Los Angeles Airport, CA as the crow flies is 2046 km (1279 miles).
Distance from Tulsa International Airport, OK to Los Angeles Airport, CA as the crow flies is 2046 km (1279 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
