Hull-loss description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 AUG 1959 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3-277C |
| Operator: | Capital Airlines |
| Registration: | N28324 |
| C/n / msn: | 2254 |
| First flight: | 1940 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
A Northwest Stratocruiser carrying 40 passengers struck a parked Capital Airlines plane as it was taxiing after its arrival from Detroit and Cleveland.
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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.
