Date:	Tuesday 1 November 1949
Time:	11:46 LT
Type:	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea Boliviana
Registration:	NX26927
MSN:	422-7931
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	55
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	0,8 km SW of Washington, DC -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	DCA
Destination airport:	DCA
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Lockheed P-38L-5 NX26927 collided with Douglas C-54 N88727 of Eastern Air Lines while returning to field with reported starboard engine trouble. Both aircraft were on final approach cleared for landing, N88727 cleared as No.1 and NX26927 as No.2. Bolivian pilot Eric Rios Bridoux survived seriously injured.

1. El Litoral 2 November 1949, p1
2. USAF Serials 44-25059/27258 Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning MSN 422-6063/8262.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_1.html
3. USAF Serials 43-17149/17173 Douglas C-54B-10-DO Skymaster MSN 18349/18373.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Jan-2015 17:17	TB	Added
28-Jan-2015 17:21	TB	Updated [Narrative]
20-Sep-2021 08:58	CostinD	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Country, Source, Narrative]
09-Jun-2022 05:36	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Country]