| Date: | Saturday 11 August 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | All American Airways, lsf United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | N3908B |
| MSN: | 22516 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 45 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
| Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL) |
The takeoff was abandoned due to a loss directional control during the takeoff run. The aircraft could not be brought to a stop before the end of the runway and overran into a swampy area, coming to rest on a 4 feet embankment. A fire erupted in the vicinity of the no. 2 engine.
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