26 Mar BAC One-Eleven 203AE – N1553 One-Eleven N1553 departed New Orleans, LA at 18:35 for a passenger flight to Minneapolis, MO with intermediate stops at Shreveport, LA,... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed L-749A Constellation – N65 An engine-out, no-boost landing was made due to a hydraulic system leak. The aircraft swerved, causing the landing gear to collapse. P... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-3-313A – N28343 Crashed in a nature reserve near the coast of Mexico while on a smuggling flight. Continue reading
26 Mar Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina – N331RS Struck a submerged object with the left hand pontoon during landing and sank. PROBABLE CAUSE: miscellaneous - foreign object damage FA... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-7CF – N2282 The DC-7 was loaded with 27,484lb of cargo and was cleared to taxy to runway 01 at 21:45. After receiving IFR clearance for Wake Island... Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland DH-125-1 – F-BKMF A de Havilland DH-125-1 corporate jet, registration F-BKMF, was destroyed when it struck the sea near Nice-Cte d'Azur Airport (NCE), F... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation – N7115C Damaged beyond repair following nose gear collapse. The "Star of Chillon" was sold to the Grater Company to be broken up October 1967. Continue reading
26 Mar Hawker Siddeley DH-125-1A – N1135K Takeoff was attempted with the gust locks still engaged. The takeoff was aborted, but the plane overran runway 23 and crossed a ditch a... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-25 – N8101N On take-off about 1:40pm, the right main gear door stuck open owing to a misrigged valve. Capt. Eugene E. Young circled the airport un... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation – N6901C The Super Constellation had to be ditched after three of the fout engines had flamed out. The flight crew was rescued by a fishing vess... Continue reading