Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 MAR 1951 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54B-1-DC |
| Operator: | Seaboard & Western Airlines |
| Registration: | N74644 |
| C/n / msn: | 10540 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport (KEF) (Iceland)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF), Iceland |
The C-54 drifted to the side of the runway following a GCA approach, struck hard frozen snow banks and caught fire.
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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.
