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 ...
26
Mar
Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-200 – N123PA
At FL25 the no. 2 engine flamed out and the prop was feathered. When the remaining engine lost power, a forced landing was made in smal...
26
Mar
Boeing 747-121 – N739PA
Pan American World Airways Flight 114, a Boeing 747-121, N739PA, was a scheduled passenger flight originating at John F. Kennedy Intern...
26
Mar
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 – N956SM
Mississippi Valley Airlines Flight 106 departed Minneapolis at 15:25 for a flight to Winona Municipal Airport, MN (ONA) and climbed to ...
26
Mar
Consolidated P4Y-2 Privateer – N3191G
The engines of the PBY-2 fire fighting plane flamed out as a result of fuel exhaustion. The airplane was ditched in Diamond Lake, Orego...
26
Mar
Boeing B-17T Turbo Fortress – N1340N
The B-17 crashed while making a down wind fire bombing run along the slope of a mountain at West River Indian Reservation. The aircraf...
26
Mar
Howard 350 – N350Q
The landing gear retracted on landing at Opa-locka Airport, Florida. A post-impact fire erupted, causing substantial damage. The crew s...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-188CF Electra – N855U
The Electra operated on flight Logair 9524 from Ogden-Hill AFB, UT (HIF) to Grand Forks Airport, ND (GFK) via Mountain Home AFB, ID (MU...
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF – N4863T
The DC-8 freighter started rotating in a nose-high attitude 1500 feet into the takeoff. After becoming airborne at 2800 feet down the r...
26
Mar
Boeing 737-222 – N9005U
At 18:50 Boeing 737 "City of Bristol" taxied to runway 09 for departure. At 19:05 the first officer, who was pilot flying, initiated th...