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| Date: | Sunday 18 December 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Purdue Aeronautics Corp. |
| Registration: | N6897D |
| MSN: | 20008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Philadelphia, PA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Collided with generator car and caught fire. The plane was just chartered by Kentucky basket ball team. "The fire that followed destroyed the plane". The registration was not confirmed.
Sources:
The Victoria Advocat 19 December 1960, pA20
AviationDB (canx 12 DEC 63)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2017 18:03 | TB | Added |
| 06-Feb-2022 16:11 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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