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| Date: | Saturday 19 January 1957 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Registration: | N33374 |
| MSN: | 4369 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | New York-Idlewild (JFK), NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | New York-Idlewild, NY |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mechanic Alan Adler took of without permission and crashed into the ground from 50 meters altitude, between runway and East River. He was killed and the DC-3 bi-motor, equipped with special instruments for pilot training, was reported destroyed. Suicide plans found.
Sources:
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/24872/
New York Times 20-22 January 1957
Correio da Manhã 23 January 1957, p9
San Bernardino Sun 21 January 1957, p3
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1970 | XA-KIK | Aero-Mitla | 0 | Jamiltepec, OAX |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2015 08:53 | TB | Added |
| 20-Mar-2015 18:41 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2015 16:01 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Nov-2017 17:53 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 26-Nov-2017 15:10 | TB | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 20-Jan-2022 11:03 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, ] |
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