Accident
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 12 ABR 1961 |
| Tipo: | Douglas DC-3S |
| Operador: | US Steel Co. |
| Registración: | N541S |
| Numéro de série: | 43192 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1936 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF) (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | Aterrizaje (LDG) |
| Naturaleza: | Ejecutivo |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Pittsburgh (unknown airport), PA, Estados Unidos de América |
| Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF), Estados Unidos de América |
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.
Fuentes:
» 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.
