NC-88814 — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

May 30, 1947AccidentHull loss
The Board found that the empennage disintegrated during the dive, but whether the failure of the empennage and its controls was an effect or a cause of the dive could not be known. The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was "a sudden loss of control, for reasons unknown, resulting in a dive to the ground."
Douglas DC-4 · 53 fatalities
The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was a sudden loss of control, for reasons unknown, resulting in a dive to the ground. Full accident record