| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 12, 1959 |
| Time: | 1529 |
| Location: | Charleston, West Virginia |
| Operator: | Capital Airlines |
| Flight #: | 983 |
| Route: | Pittsburg - Charleston |
| AC Type: | Lockheed C-69 Constellation |
| Registration: | N2735A |
| cn / ln: | 1978 |
| Aboard: | 44 (passengers:38 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:1 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The pilot intentionally ground looped the aircraft, which slid down a steep embankment caught fire and burned. Landing too fast on a wet runway under conditions conductive to aquaplaning. |
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