ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335295
| Date: | Wednesday 12 August 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131586 |
| MSN: | 43689/319 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF/KCEF) |
| Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF/KCEF) |
The R6D took off from Westover AFB on a training flight. At a height of 200 feet after takeoff the airplane suddenly banked, A wing struck the ground. The plane then cartwheeled and burned.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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