44-86472
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- May 20, 1947Accident
En route from Roswell AAF to Borinquen, PR, the engine n°3 caught fire. Unable to extinguish the fire, the crew decided to bail out and abandon the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed 5 km west of Merkel. A crew, 1st Lt Irving Bloom, was killed, and 19 other occupants were injured. Probable cause (official findings): Engine fire in flight.