Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 APR 1961 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3S |
| Operator: | US Steel Co. |
| Registration: | N541S |
| C/n / msn: | 43192 |
| First flight: | 1936 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Pittsburgh (unknown airport), PA, United States of America |
| Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF), United States of America |
A Douglas DC-3, registered N541S, was damaged beyond repair in a runway excursion accident upon landing at Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF).
The airplane carried the vice president of U.S. Steel Corp. on a flight from Pittsburgh, PA. The DC-3 slid off the runway and went over an embankment.
Events:
Sources:
» Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Apr 13, 1961
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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.
