Date:	Thursday 13 September 1945
Time:
Type:	Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar
Owner/operator:	National Airlines
Registration:	NC33349
MSN:	18-2370
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tampa-Peter O. Knight Airport, FL (TPF) -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Miami-36th Street Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA)
Destination airport:	Tampa-Peter O. Knight Airport, FL (TPF/KTPF)

Narrative:
The Lodestar landed on a rain-soaked runway at Tampa-Peter O. Knight Airport, FL (TPF). Lack of deceleration forced the pilot to do a full left rudder and ground-loop the plane. It ran off the runway and came to rest with the nose in the water.

The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
The Evening Independent - Sep 14, 1945

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