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| Date: | Friday 6 February 1953 |
| Time: | 19:50 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-240-13 |
| Owner/operator: | Northeast Airlines |
| Registration: | N91239 |
| MSN: | 159 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | La Guardia Field, New York, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Boston, MA |
| La Guardia Field, New York, NY | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lost control during landing and crashed on the runway, the aircraft skidded across the runway losing its right wing and collapsing the left main gear. The right propellers caused high drag after moving past the limit stop.
Sources:
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33459
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 May 1963 | PP-CDW | Cruzeiro do Sul | 37 | ca 1 km E of São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) |  |
w/o |
| Loss of control | ||||||
| 22 August 1968 | N91239 | East Coast Leasing | 0 | Martinsburg Airport, WV (MRB) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2021 12:56 | Cobar | Added |
| 20-Mar-2022 14:37 | TB | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2022 10:48 | Cobar | Updated [Cn, Narrative, ] |
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