Hull-loss description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 SEP 1948 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator: | Transcontinental & Western Air - TWA |
| Registration: | NC45345 |
| C/n / msn: | 27346 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA), United States of America |
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A mechanic was filling the oxygen tanks when a fire erupted in the centre section of the airplane.
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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.
