- | 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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