| - | 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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