List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Lockheed_Constellation

List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed Constellation

List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed Constellation

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The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") was a propeller-driven airliner powered by four 18-cylinder radial Wright R-3350 engines. It was built by Lockheed between 1943 and 1958 at its Burbank, California, US, facility. A total of 856 aircraft were produced in four models, all distinguished by a triple-tail design and dolphin-shaped fuselage. The Constellation was used as a civilian airliner and as a U.S. military air transport, seeing service in the Berlin Airlift. It was the presidential aircraft for U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Accidents and incidents

Like every other major type in long service and operation, accidents and incidents have been recorded that have substantially reduced the numbers flying. The following list is typical of such a record of operational use. The fatalities listed below only include those who were on board Lockheed Constellations.

1943–1949

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1950–1959

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1960–1969

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1970–1998

Most models of the Lockheed Constellation were retired in the late 1970s by operators in favor of more modern aircraft. The last commercial flight of the L-1049 Super Constellation was in 1993, when the Federal Aviation Administration banned all airlines from the Dominican Republic that flew Constellations to the United States (due to safety concerns). The Dominican airlines were the last operators of any version of the Constellation.

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Notes

  1. This figure just includes those on Flight 100
  2. This figure just includes those lost on Flight 2
  3. Second of two flights that shared the same number
  4. This figure just includes those lost on flight 266
  5. This figure just includes those lost on Flight 853

References

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  2. Accident description for NC88858 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 February 2019.
  3. Accident description for NC88831 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 November 2013.
  4. Accident description for NC86512 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 November 2013.
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  10. Accident description for NC90824 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 November 2013.
  11. Accident description for PH-TER at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 10 January 2011.
  12. Accident description for PH-TDF at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 10 January 2011.
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  28. Accident description for 137893 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 4 February 2019.
  29. Accident description for 141314 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 4 February 2019.
  30. Accident description for N6214C at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 4 February 2019.
  31. Accident description for PP-VDA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2019.
  32. Accident description for F-BHMK at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 4 February 2019.
  33. Accident description for 131652 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2019.
  34. Accident description for XA-MEV at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 November 2013.
  35. Accident description for D-ALAK at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on January 10, 2011.
  36. Accident description for N6240G at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 4 February 2019.
  37. Accident description for 141332 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 4 February 2019.
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  40. Accident description for VT-DIN at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 4 February 2019.
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  43. Accident description for N1554V at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 November 2013.
  44. Accident description for VH-EAC at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 September 2010.
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  49. Ranter, Harro and Fabian I. Lujan. "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-749A Constellation HH-ABA Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea)." Aviation Safety Network, 2011. Retrieved: June 27, 2011.
  50. Accident description for PP-PCR at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 February 2019.
  51. Accident description for N116A at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 November 2013.
  52. "Accident description PP-PDE." Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved: June 25, 2011.
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  55. "Eastern Airlines L-1049C Super Constellation & TWA Boeing 707." Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved: March 10, 2011.
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  57. Accident description for N7301C at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 November 2013.
  58. Accident description for N112A at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 November 2013.
  59. Accident description for N112A at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 November 2013.
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  61. Accident description for N564E at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2019.
  62. Accident description for N173W at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2019.
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  64. Accident description for N566E at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 31 January 2019.
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  70. Accident description for HK-163 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 November 2013.
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Further reading

  • 1949 crash on Sao Miguel: "Constellation" by Adrien Bosc (2016)

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