| Date: | Thursday 5 November 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | National Aero Sales Company |
| Registration: | N38G |
| MSN: | 4759 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL/KBKL) |
| Dayton-James Cox Dayton International Airport, OH (DAY/KDAY) |
DC-3 N38G was being demonstrated to a prospective buyer, Columbus Aviation Co. The airplane departed Cleveland for Dayton. The airplane was caught by strong winds shortly after takeoff. The pilot decided to crash-land the plane instead of risking a ditching in Lake Erie. The right wing contacted the ground and the plane subsequently crashed and caught fire.
Sources:
Coshocton Tribune, 1959-11-06
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