ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4 NC30050 Los Angeles Airport, CA (LAX)
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Date:Tuesday 24 December 1946
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas DC-4
Operator:United Airlines
Registration: NC30050
MSN: 10450
First flight: 1944
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 45
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Los Angeles Airport, CA (LAX) (   United States of America)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Los Angeles Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), United States of America
Narrative:
The DC-4 passed over the threshold at 75 feet and 115 mph and touched down on the wet runway near an intersection. The aircraft could not be brought to a stop on the remaining runway length and overran by 195 feet.

Classification:
Runway excursion

Sources:
» Piston Engine Airliner Production List / A.B. Eastwood, J. Roach, 1996
» WAAS


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