| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 08, 1955 |
| Time: | 0757 |
| Location: | Burbank, California |
| Operator: | Currey Air Transport |
| Flight #: | 24 |
| Route: | Burbank - Oakland |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | N74663 |
| cn / ln: | 6257 |
| Aboard: | 33 (passengers:30 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 1 |
| Summary: | The plane returned after failure of the No. 2 engine, stalled and crashed 200 yards short of the runway into parked aircraft and a hanger. The captain's commitment to a landing without radio or visual confirmation of his runway alignment following engine failure immediately after takeoff. |
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