Narrative:
A Northwest Stratocruiser carrying 40 passengers struck a parked Capital Airlines plane as it was taxiing after its arrival from Detroit and Cleveland.
Damaged on the ground
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 2 August 1959 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-277C |
| Operator: | Capital Airlines |
| Registration: | N28324 |
| MSN: | 2254 |
| First flight: | 1940 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
A Northwest Stratocruiser carrying 40 passengers struck a parked Capital Airlines plane as it was taxiing after its arrival from Detroit and Cleveland.
Classification:
Ground collisionDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 3 August 1959, p1 (Second Section)Photos
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