ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335329
| Date: | Monday 29 June 1953 |
| Time: | 17:26 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A |
| Owner/operator: | Western Air Lines |
| Registration: | N15569 |
| MSN: | 4887 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 30793 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 39-AN/34 (92-94)
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