- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 17, 1963
Time: 2341
Location: Los Angeles, California
Operator: Western Airlines
Flight #: ?
Route: ?
AC Type: Douglas DC-6B
Registration: N93131
cn / ln: 45536
Aboard: 46   (passengers:40  crew:6)
Fatalities: 0   (passengers:0  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: The No 1. and No2. Engine propellers touched the runway after an attempted go-around during landing. A safe landing was made at Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank. Failure of the pilot to maintain a positive rate of climb and the premature retraction of the landing gear during a go-around in the fog.
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