I-LEAD — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

November 24, 1956AccidentHull loss
After liftoff from runway 26 at Paris-Orly Airport, the four engine aircraft encountered difficulties to gain height, hit successively two houses, stalled and crashed in a huge explosion about 600 meters past the runway end. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and debris were scattered for about 200 meters.
Douglas DC-6 · 34 fatalities
The Commission was unable to find any malfunctioning of the aircraft or its equipment which would make it possible to determine why the aircraft followed the observed flight path. The Commission, therefore, believes that: - the aircraft's slight loss of altitude soon after take-off was the main cause of the accident. Full accident record