ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337886
Date: | Friday 13 July 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-54A-1-DO (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-107437 |
MSN: | 7456 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:One engine burst into flames on a routine test flight. The aircraft then ground looped during an emergency landing at New York-La Guardia Airport, New York, USA. The aircraft was consumed by fire but the six crew escaped.
Sources:
Evening Star 14 July 1945, pA6
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