Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, May 24, 1953 (6 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on May 24, 1953 near Saint Louis-Lambert Missouri, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: Fuel starvation of the...
- Date: May 24, 1953
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Saint Louis-Lambert Missouri, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel starvation of the starboard engine and loss of control during the turn onto final, attributed to crew error
A Meteor Air Transport DC-3 on a positioning flight from Teterboro, New Jersey, crashed on approach to St. Louis Lambert Field on 24 May 1953 after losing control in a turn. Six of the seven occupants were killed and one passenger survived.