- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | May 12, 1959 |
Time: | 1529 |
Location: | Charleston, West Virginia |
Operator: | Capital Airlines |
Flight #: | 983 |
Route: | Pittsburg - Charleston |
AC Type: | Lockheed C-69 Constellation |
Registration: | N2735A |
cn / ln: | 1978 |
Aboard: | 44 (passengers:38 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:1 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The pilot intentionally ground looped the aircraft, which slid down a steep embankment caught fire and burned. Landing too fast on a wet runway under conditions conductive to aquaplaning. |
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