26
Mar
Curtiss C-46F Commando – N5140B
The Aaxico Curtiss C-46 was flying en route near Abilene when elevator control was lost. An emergency was declared and the crew carried...
26
Mar
Douglas C-54B-1-DC (DC-4) – N63396
The DC-4 was some 300 miles northeast of Adak when the crew reported flying 4500 feet on top in the clear. The flight was then cleared ...
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...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-3B-202 – N17314
The General Airways DC-3 was being used for a Civil Air Movement of military personnel from Boise to Lackland AFB via Pueblo. On the fi...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-188A Electra – N6101A
American Airlines flight AA320, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashed into the sea while on approach to New York-La Guardia Airport, NY, US...
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...