Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair following a crash-landing on a golf course in heavy snow. The airplane had almost completed a ferry flight from Kenya via Prestwick, UK.
The airplane was withdrawn from use and parts were used to construct a Rausch Super 18, which was a Lockheed Hudson with a Lodestar rear fuselage and tail group.
The pilot was seriously injured.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 28 January 1952 |
| Time: | 12:45 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar |
| Operator: | Indamer |
| Registration: | N94538 |
| MSN: | 18-2095 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Cedar Grove, NJ ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Newark Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), United States of America |
Damaged beyond repair following a crash-landing on a golf course in heavy snow. The airplane had almost completed a ferry flight from Kenya via Prestwick, UK.
The airplane was withdrawn from use and parts were used to construct a Rausch Super 18, which was a Lockheed Hudson with a Lodestar rear fuselage and tail group.
The pilot was seriously injured.
Sources:
» Daily News (Los Angeles) 28 January 1952, p5Photos
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