Date:	Sunday 24 May 1953
Time:	04:18
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3C)
Owner/operator:	Meteor Air Transport
Registration:	N53596
MSN:	20433
Year of manufacture:	1944
Total airframe hrs:	10923 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL) -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Teterboro Airport, NJ (TEB/KTEB)
Destination airport:	Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL)
Investigating agency:	CAB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Despite the weather, the crew started a circling approach after passing the outer marker. During the circle approach, the no. 2 engine quit due to fuel mismanagement. Control was lost during a left turn and the DC-3 struck the ground. According to some production lists the airplane was repaired. This seems somewhat unlikely since the CAB reported the plane to be 'demolished' as a result of the accident.
The tail section remained more or less intact and may have been used in rebuilding a DC-3 as reported in the production lists.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Mismanagement of fuel resulting in loss of power and control while circling the field preparatory to an approach for landing."

CAB File No. 1-0029
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 39-AN/34 (84-88)

photo (c) Pat Bukiri; Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW); 1946

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