| Date: | Friday 4 April 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | International Air Freight |
| Registration: | NC52710 |
| MSN: | 19095 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL (LNA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL (LNA/KLNA) |
The no. 2 engine failed on takeoff just before the crew could raise the landing gear. The pilot failed to feather the propeller. The DC-3 had insufficient airspeed and headed for an obstruction. The pilot then cut both engines and ditched the plane in a lake.
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