26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF – N4909C
A Capitol Airways DC-8-60, crashed during takeoff from Anchorage International Airport, Alaska, USA, with locked brakes, killing 47 occ...
26
Mar
Boeing 707-373C – N790TW
During the takeoff roll on runway 30, an empty and unlit Israeli Air Force Stratocruiser was towed across the active runway. The crew t...
26
Mar
Boeing 727-2A7 – N8790R
The aircraft bounced twice on landing and touched down a third time at 2700 feet past the runway 09 (4650 feet long) threshold. The rig...
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 – N3329L
Delta Air Lines Flight 439 was a scheduled flight from Chicago to Atlanta with intermediate stops at Louisville and Lexington. The DC-9...
26
Mar
Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander – N855JA
The Islander descended in shallow left hand turns until it collided with a mountain side. The pilot had not slept for 27 hours. Fatigue...
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 – I-DIWZ
Alitalia Flight 618 departed Rome at 10:22 local time for a non-stop flight to New York. The en route and descent were normal. After ha...
26
Mar
Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3) – N47
Shortly after takeoff from runway 24, the DC-3 appeared to enter a series of three stalls. The left wing dropped during these maneuvers...
26
Mar
Martin 4-0-4 – N464M
Two Martin 4-0-4 planes were charted from the Jack Richards Aircraft Company to fly the Wichita State University football team to Logan...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules – N9248R
The Hercules transport plane was on an ILS approach to the McGuire AFB runway 06 in unfavorable weather conditions (1,5 miles visibilit...
26
Mar
Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) – N610FF
The Canso flying boat (a.k.a. Catalina) took off for a flight to test mineral research equipment. The aircraft departed with 50% frost ...