Airplane Crash - Martinsburg, West Virginia 06/04/1958
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Martinsburg, West Virginia
| Date | 06/04/1958 |
| Time | 13:58 |
| Location | Martinsburg, West Virginia |
| Operator | Capital Airlines |
| Route | Training |
| Type | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration | N49553 |
| Cn/In | 4820 |
| Aboard | 3 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | Following the trainee-pilot's failure to maintain minimum-control speed during an attempted go-around, the instructor-pilot failed to take control of the aircraft in sufficient time to prevent a critical loss of altitude. A contributing factor was the malfunction of the landing gear latch which delayed retraction of the landing gear and caused the distraction of the instructor-pilot for several seconds during a critical period of the go-around. |
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