ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336031
| Date: | Saturday 18 November 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-049 Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | NC86511 |
| MSN: | 2035 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Beach Airport, CA (LGB) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
While climbing out of Los Angeles, the flight experienced a malfunction of the no.3 and then no.2 engines Both props were feathered. Prop no.3 was later unfeathered but failed to develop more than 1800 RPM. An instrument approach was made at Long Beach and the runway was not visible until directly over it, with the aircraft passing over half of the runway before touching down. Brakes were not effective on the wet slippery surface.
The aircraft ran through a fence and over a spur track, at which time the right gear collapsed. It came to rest approximately 1400 feet from the runway.
The airplane was repaired and was destroyed in an accident on September 1, 1961 near Chicago-Midway Airport.
Sources:
San Bernardino Sun, 19 November 1950
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 1961 | N86511 | Trans World Airlines - TWA | 78 | 14,5 km W of Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW) | |
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Images:
photo (c) via Greg Smith; Long Beach Airport, CA (LGB); 18 November 1950
photo (c) via Greg Smith; Long Beach Airport, CA (LGB); 18 November 1950
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