Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3) crash, Jun 4, 1958 (1 killed)
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3) accident on June 4, 1958 near Martinsburg-Eastern West Virginia-Shepherd Field West Virginia, United States with 1...
- Date: June 4, 1958
- Aircraft: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3)
- Location: Martinsburg-Eastern West Virginia-Shepherd Field West Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Trainee pilot failed to maintain minimum control speed during an attempted go around, and the instructor did not take control in time
A Capital Airlines DC 3 on a training flight from Washington National crashed in a wooded area near Martinsburg after a single engine approach was abandoned. The aircraft stalled during the climb out and burned. The trainee at the controls died the next day, and the other two occupants were injured.