Airplane Crash - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 01/14/1951
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date | 01/14/1951 |
Time | 14:13 |
Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Operator | National Airlines |
Flight # | 83 |
Route | Newark - Philadelphia |
Type | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
Registration | N74685 |
Cn/In | 43102 |
Aboard | 28 |
Fatalities | 7 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The plane overshot the landing, ran into a ditch and caught fire. Pilot error in electing to land long, on a wet and snow covered runway instead of executing a missed approach. |
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