26
Mar
Douglas DC-7B – N4891C
National Airlines flight 967, a Douglas DC-7, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, killing all 42 occupants. National Airlines Flight 967...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation – N102R
A Lockheed Constellation, N102R, crashed into a residential area about 400 m southeast of Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW), killing all...
26
Mar
Boeing 707-121 – N712PA
Pan American Flight 115 was a scheduled flight between Paris, France, and New York, USA with intermediate stops planned at London, Engl...
26
Mar
Convair CV-240-0 – N94273
Collided with a steel tower (96 feet high) while on the second ILS approach. The aircraft crashed in a railroad yard, skidded across tr...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando – N7840B
An unguarded light bulb came into contact with combustible cargo in the aft lower cargo compartment causing a fire. The fire penetrated...
26
Mar
Vickers 745D Viscount – N7463
Capital Airlines Flight 75 taxied away from the New York-La Guardia Airport terminal at 15:20, twenty minutes late. The Vickers Viscoun...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-049E-46 Constellation – N2735A
Capital flight 983 touched down on the Charleston runway 32. The captain found braking to be ineffective and chose to groundloop the ai...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner – N7313C
The TWA Lockheed Starliner, named "Star of Severn", departed Rome, Italy at 15:00 hours on a flight to Chicago, USA, via Milan, Italy a...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation – D-ALAK
Lufthansa flight 502, a Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation, crashed while on approach to Rio de Janeiro-Gale?o Airport, Brazil, killi...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation – N6240G
Eastern Air Lines flight 704 took off from runway 27R at Miami International Airport at 16:21 hours. At about 150 feet above the runway...