- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | April 04, 1955 |
Time: | 1555 |
Location: | Islip, New York |
Operator: | United Air Lines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Training |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-6 |
Registration: | N37512 |
cn / ln: | 43001/32 |
Aboard: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Suddenly dove into the ground. Unintentional movement of no.4 throttle into the reverse range just before breaking ground, with the other three engines operating at high power output, which resulted in the aircraft very quickly becoming uncontrollable once airborne. |
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