Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 NOV 1958 |
| Time: | 11:00 EST |
| Type: | Lockheed L-1049D Super Constellation |
| Operator: | Seaboard & Western Airlines |
| Registration: | N6503C |
| C/n / msn: | 4165 |
| First flight: | 1954 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL/KIDL), United States of America |
| New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL/KIDL), United States of America |
Seaboard & Western Airlines Super Constellation "Paris Airtrader" was taking off from New York runway 31R when it became uncontrollable. The aircraft finaly struck an unloaded Trans-Canada Viscount, which was preparing to board passengers. Both aircraft were destroyed by fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An unwanted propeller reversal at a low altitude occurring immediately after takeoff. A contributing factor was the inadequate overhaul procedure employed by the propeller manufacurer." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 (36-37)
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Distance from New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY to New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY to New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
