| Date: | Sunday 26 March 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6A |
| Owner/operator: | Cunard Eagle Airways |
| Registration: | G-APOM |
| MSN: | 45519/1003 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shannon Airport (SNN) -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
| Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
The DC-6 was being used for a crew training flight in the Shannon area. The plane returned to the airport for a touch and go landing. After touchdown, power was applied but the gear was retracted prematurely. The DC-6 swung off the left side of the runway where the port wing dug into soft ground. A fire erupted.
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Images:
photo (c) Jerry Hughes; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL); 1960
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