ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335772
| Date: | Sunday 7 October 1951 |
| Time: | 01:10 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | National Homes Corp. |
| Registration: | N5545N |
| MSN: | 18-2364 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km SW Lafayette, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed in bad weather and low ceiling in a soybean field and caught fire.
The airplane was flying officials from the National Homes Corp. Back home following a Canadian hunting trip. The Lodestar also carried deer, ducks and fish.
Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
The Southeast Missourian - Oct 8, 1951
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