N-34954 (Hiller UH-12D) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on March 8, 1968.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1961 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N-34954.

February 1, 1957AccidentHull loss
Northeast Airlines Flight 823, a Douglas DC-6A registered N 34954, crash-landed on Rikers Island, New York, at 1802 on February 1, 1957. The accident occurred at night under instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions less than one minute after takeoff from runway 4 at La Guardia Field. There were 101 persons aboard: 95 passengers, including 11 children, and 6 crew members. Twenty passengers received fatal injuries, 25 passengers and three stewardesses received serious injuries, and 50 passengers h
Douglas DC-6A · 20 fatalities
The Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the captain to (1) properly observe and interpret his flight instruments and (2) maintain control of his aircraft. Full accident record