- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: April 27, 1945
Time: 1240
Location: Washington D.C.
Operator: Page Airways
Flight #: ?
Route: Washington - New York
AC Type: Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Registration: NC33328
cn / ln: 2221
Aboard: 13   (passengers:11  crew:2)
Fatalities: 6   (passengers:6  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: Lost an engine during takeoff, settled back on the runway, overran the runway, rolled to the right and crashed into a drainage ditch and burned. Engine failure during a critical point in the take-off followed by the pilot executing an emergency landing under unfavorable conditions. Contributing factors were the strong gusts and ground turbulence which prevailed at the time and the presence of a deep ditch near the runway.
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