Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 OCT 1956 |
| Time: | ca 22:10 |
| Type: | Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6) |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131588 |
| C/n / msn: | 43691/321 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 50 / Occupants: 50 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 59 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 590 km (368.8 mls) WSW off Land's End, UK (Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lakenheath RAF Station (LKZ/EGUL), United Kingdom |
| Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores (TER/LPLA), Portugal |
Crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Wheels and a raft were found about 370 miles west-southwest of Land's End, England.
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Distance from Lakenheath RAF Station to Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores as the crow flies is 2588 km (1617 miles).
Distance from Lakenheath RAF Station to Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores as the crow flies is 2588 km (1617 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.
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