ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-118A (DC-6) 53-3277 Norwalk, CA
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Date:Saturday 1 February 1958
Time:19:13
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-118A (DC-6)
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 53-3277
MSN: 44648/602
First flight: 1955
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 35
Total:Fatalities: 41 / Occupants: 41
Ground casualties:Fatalities: 1
Collision casualties:Fatalities: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Norwalk, CA (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA (LGB/KLGB), United States of America
Destination airport:Wrightstown-McGuire AFB, NJ (WRI/KWRI), United States of America
Narrative:
A USAF Douglas C-118A transport plane (53-3277, msn 44648/602) departed Long Beach Airport, California at 19:08 for a flight to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. While climbing under VFR the aircraft collided with a US Navy Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune (127723). The Neptune had just departed from Los Alamitos for a training flight. The C-118 disintegrated and crashed through the roof of a service station. The Neptune crashed into an excavated clay pit on Norwalk Boulevard. Two occupants from the Neptune survived the accident.

Classification:
Mid air collision
Loss of control

Sources:
» Notable California Aviation Disasters


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Distance from Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA to Wrightstown-McGuire AFB, NJ as the crow flies is 3868 km (2418 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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.
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