| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | February 14, 1953 |
| Time: | 1710 |
| Location: | Off Mobile, Alabama |
| Operator: | National Airlines |
| Flight #: | 470 |
| Route: | Miami - Orlando - New Orleans |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-6 |
| Registration: | N90893 |
| cn / ln: | 43057/73 |
| Aboard: | 46 (passengers:41 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 46 (passengers:41 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off Mobile, Alabama. The aircraft broke up in the turbulence of a "frontal wave" storm after failure of the left wing. The loss of control followed by the in-flight failure and separation of portions of the airframe structure while the aircraft was traversing an intense frontal-wave type storm of extremely severe turbulence, the severity and location of which the pilot had not been fully informed. |
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