Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 29 JUN 1953 |
| Time: | 17:26 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3A |
| Operator: | Western Air Lines |
| Registration: | N15569 |
| C/n / msn: | 4887 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 30793 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), United States of America |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), United States of America |
After completion of major overhaul on the DC-3, a routine test flight was made. The right wing dropped and struck the ground immediately after lifting off runway 25R. The right wing broke off and the aircraft cart wheeled to a stop.
It appeared that the elevator control cables were reversed.
Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 39-AN/34 (92-94)
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Distance from Los Angeles International Airport, CA to Los Angeles International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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