| Date: | Monday 17 March 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Martin 4-0-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | N496A |
| MSN: | 14244 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Melbourne, FL (MLB) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jacksonville-Thomas Cole Imeson Municipal Airport, FL |
| Melbourne International Airport, FL (MLB/KMLB) |
On finals to Melbourne, the left main undercarriage struck an unmarked pile of gravel at the approach end of the runway. On rollout the landing gear leg collapsed. The Martin 4-0-4 caught fire and burned.
Sources:
Meriden Journal - Mar 17, 1958
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