26 Mar Douglas DC-3-208 – N17337 The no. 2 engine failed on climb out and the crew attempted to return to the airport. The pilot-in-command failed to maintain flying sp... Continue reading
26 Mar Martin 4-0-4 – N40446 The landing gear retracted while parked on the apron. PROBABLE CAUSE: personnelÿ-ÿmaintenance,servicing,inspection:ÿimproperÿmaintenan... 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 Canadair CL-44D4-2 – N453T The aircraft took off from Indianapolis at 13:30 EST on an IFR flight plan to NAS Norfolk. The first-officer, who carried out the runwa... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas TC-47K (DC-3) – N91375 The military surplus DC-3 N91375 had been stored without engines at Goodyear-Litchfield Park NAS, AZ. The company that purchased the ai... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed L-188C Electra – N183H American Flyers Flight 280/D, a Lockheed Electra, crashed 2,4 km northeast of the Ardmore Municipal Airport, OK (ADM). Of the 93 passen... Continue reading
26 Mar Learjet 23 – N235R Lost control while climbing to FL410 in turbulent instrument conditions. PROBABLE CAUSE: "The loss of control of the aircraft, turbule... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-7 – N6339C On landing the nose wheel tire recap separated, striking and disconnecting the noseÿgearÿtorqueÿlinkÿpins. The landing gear leg then co... Continue reading