Airplane Crash - Los Angeles, California 12/17/1963
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Los Angeles, California
Date | 12/17/1963 |
Time | 23:41 |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Operator | Western Airlines |
Type | Douglas DC-6B |
Registration | N93131 |
Cn/In | 45536 |
Aboard | 46 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The No 1. and No2. Engine propellers touched the runway after an attempted go-around during landing. A safe landing was made at Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank. Failure of the pilot to maintain a positive rate of climb and the premature retraction of the landing gear during a go-around in the fog. |
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