Date: | Wednesday 12 April 1961 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-3S |
Owner/operator: | US Steel Co. |
Registration: | N541S |
MSN: | 43192 |
Year of manufacture: | 1936 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Pittsburgh (unknown airport), PA |
Destination airport: | Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF/KBLF) |
Narrative:A Douglas DC-3, registered N541S, was damaged beyond repair in a runway excursion accident upon landing at Bluefield-Mercer County Airport, WV (BLF).
The airplane carried the vice president of U.S. Steel Corp. on a flight from Pittsburgh, PA. The DC-3 slid off the runway and went over an embankment.
Sources:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Apr 13, 1961 Location
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