| Date: | Wednesday 12 April 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3S |
| Owner/operator: | US Steel Co. |
| Registration: | N541S |
| MSN: | 43192 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1936 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Pittsburgh (unknown airport), PA |
| Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF/KBLF) |
A Douglas DC-3, registered N541S, was damaged beyond repair in a runway excursion accident upon landing at Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF).
The airplane carried the vice president of U.S. Steel Corp. on a flight from Pittsburgh, PA. The DC-3 slid off the runway and went over an embankment.
Sources:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Apr 13, 1961
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