ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333598
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Date: | Sunday 26 March 1961 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-6A |
Owner/operator: | Cunard Eagle Airways |
Registration: | G-APOM |
MSN: | 45519/1003 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Shannon Airport (SNN) -
Ireland
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
Destination airport: | Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
Narrative:The DC-6 was being used for a crew training flight in the Shannon area. The plane returned to the airport for a touch and go landing. After touchdown, power was applied but the gear was retracted prematurely. The DC-6 swung off the left side of the runway where the port wing dug into soft ground. A fire erupted.
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photo (c) Jerry Hughes; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL); 1960
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