Douglas DC-3A N33656
29 September 1963 · Shreveport, Louisiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 September 1963 at about 01:05 local time, a Douglas DC-3A registered N33656, operated by American Flyers Airline Corp., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. 31 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 01:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Arksdale Afb
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-3A
- Registration
- N33656
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- American Flyers Airline Corp.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0059
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
T/O WITH ELEVATOR CONTROL LOCKED.ATTEMPT LDG AT SELMAN FLD, GR DOWN, UNSUCCESSFUL.INTNTL GR UP LDG.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-3A accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Mar 1964 | Douglas DC-3A | Chicago Illinois, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Jan 1964 | Douglas DC-3A | Miami Fla, Florida, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 27 Nov 1965 | Douglas DC-3A | Salt Lake City Ut, Utah, United States | Edde Airlines | Fatal | 13 |
| 28 Nov 1966 | Douglas DC-3A | Nome Alas, Alaska, United States | Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 1968 | Douglas DC-3A | Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States | Business Aircr | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jul 1969 | Douglas DC-3A | Malcolm Is, Canada | Interstate Air | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-7 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jan 1963 | Vickers 810 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 8 |
| 3 Feb 1963 | Lockheed 1049H | San Francisco, California, United States | Slick Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 16 Feb 1963 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46F | Puyallup, Washington, United States | Zantop Air Transport | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 1963 | Fairchild F-27 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | West Coast Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Feb 1963 | Boeing 720B | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 43 |