Douglas DC-3 crash, Jan 6, 1946 (3 killed), Birmingham Al...
Douglas DC-3 accident on January 6, 1946 near Birmingham Alabama, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The pilot committed to landing from an...
- Date: January 6, 1946
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
- Location: Birmingham Alabama, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot committed to landing from an approach that was too high and too fast.
A Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC 3 on a scheduled flight from New York to Birmingham, Alabama, attempted an instrument approach to Runway 18 in marginal weather. It landed too high and too fast, ran off the runway and went into Village Creek. Three people were killed and five were injured.