N68736
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- May 13, 1957Accident
The aircraft carried a crew of three and no passengers. It was one of several Company aircraft under contract to transport diesel oil from Narsarsuaq, Greenland, to various DEW Line sites (Distant Early Warning Radar Line). The flight was returning from DEW site 39 when it crashed during a VFR descent on the Greenland ice cap at approximately 0335LT. After impact, the airplane skidded about 4,500 feet before coming to rest. The copilot survived while two other occupants were killed.