Airplane Crash - Birmingham, Alabama 01/06/1946
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Birmingham, Alabama
| Date | 01/06/1946 |
| Time | 03:59 |
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Operator | Pennsylvania Central Airlines |
| Flight # | 105 |
| Route | New York City - Birmingham, AL |
| Type | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration | N21786 |
| Cn/In | 4131 |
| Aboard | 11 |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | In worsening weather conditions, the plane landed fast and high while making an instrument approach to Birmingham, overran the runway, crashed through the barrier fence and into a creek. The action of the pilot in committing himself to a landing from an approach which was too high and too fast. |
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