ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar N94538 Cedar Grove, NJ
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Date:Monday 28 January 1952
Time:12:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic L18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar
Operator:Indamer
Registration: N94538
MSN: 18-2095
First flight: 1941
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Cedar Grove, NJ (   United States of America)
Phase: Unknown (UNK)
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Newark Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), United States of America
Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair following a crash-landing on a golf course in heavy snow. The airplane had almost completed a ferry flight from Kenya via Prestwick, UK.
The airplane was withdrawn from use and parts were used to construct a Rausch Super 18, which was a Lockheed Hudson with a Lodestar rear fuselage and tail group.

The pilot was seriously injured.

Sources:
» Daily News (Los Angeles) 28 January 1952, p5


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