ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-240-13 N91239 Martinsburg Airport, WV (MRB)
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Date:Thursday 22 August 1968
Type:Silhouette image of generic CVLP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Convair CV-240-13
Operator:East Coast Leasing
Registration: N91239
MSN: 159
First flight: 1949
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Martinsburg Airport, WV (MRB) (   United States of America)
Phase: Standing (STD)
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Narrative:
An unused hangar at Martinsburg Airport, WV (MRB) was used to store 5000 bales of hay. Early in the morning a fire started, destroying the hangar and one Convair plane of East Coast Leasing (N278E). Another plane (CV-240 N91239) sustained fire damage to the wheels and other possible heat damages.

Classification:
Hangar / ground fire
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes


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