Accident Douglas DC-3A N33374,
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Date:Saturday 19 January 1957
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas DC-3A
Owner/operator:Pan American World Airways
Registration: N33374
MSN: 4369
Year of manufacture:1942
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:New York-Idlewild (JFK), NY -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Illegal Flight
Departure airport:New York-Idlewild, NY
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mechanic Alan Adler took of without permission and crashed into the ground from 50 meters altitude, between runway and East River. He was killed and the DC-3 bi-motor, equipped with special instruments for pilot training, was reported destroyed. Suicide plans found.

Sources:

http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/24872/
New York Times 20-22 January 1957
Correio da Manhã 23 January 1957, p9
San Bernardino Sun 21 January 1957, p3

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 January 1970 XA-KIK Aero-Mitla 0 Jamiltepec, OAX w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Mar-2015 08:53 TB Added
20-Mar-2015 18:41 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Nov-2015 16:01 TB Updated [Source]
25-Nov-2017 17:53 TB Updated [Source]
26-Nov-2017 15:10 TB Updated [Damage]
20-Jan-2022 11:03 Cobar Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport]

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