Douglas DC-6 crash, Feb 11, 1952 (33 killed), Elizabeth N...
Douglas DC-6 accident on February 11, 1952 near Elizabeth New Jersey, United States with 33 fatalities. Cause: Reversal of the No. 3 propeller at high...
- Date: February 11, 1952
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Elizabeth New Jersey, United States
- Fatalities: 33
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Reversal of the No. 3 propeller at high power followed by feathering of the No. 4 propeller, causing a descent too low to recover
National Airlines Flight 101, a DC-6 bound from Newark to Miami, lost an engine shortly after takeoff and attempted to return. It crashed into an apartment building in Elizabeth, New Jersey. A total of 33 people died: 29 aboard and four on the ground.