- Source: TWA Flight 513
TWA Flight 513, registration NC86513, Star of Lisbon, was a Lockheed L-049 Constellation operated by Transcontinental and Western Air on a training flight on July 11, 1946, near Reading, Pennsylvania.
Description
The electrical wiring in the baggage compartment of TWA Flight 513 on July 11, 1946 arced, starting a fire while the aircraft was in the air. The smoke and intense fire that were created made it impossible for the pilots to maintain control of the aircraft.
Of the six crewmembers aboard, five were killed.
This accident was memorable for the subsequent grounding of all Lockheed Constellations that was required from July 12 until August 23, 1946, when cargo fire detection equipment could be installed on all similar airplane models.
See also
United Airlines Flight 624
References
External links
Report of the Civil Aeronautics Board (Archive)
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- TWA Flight 513
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- Trans World Airlines
- List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
- United Air Lines Flight 624
- List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States
- Reading Regional Airport
- Flight attendant
- List of fatal accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft in the United States
- List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed Constellation
