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Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105

6 Jan 1946 · Birmingham Municipal Airport, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Douglas DC-3-393 · Controlled Flight Into Terrain

From LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
3 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
19
Survivors
16
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
5
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Douglas DC-3-393

Aircraft type
Douglas DC-3
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
NC21786
Onboard fatalities
3
Route
From LaGuardia Airport (LGA)To Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105 was a regularly scheduled commercial flight between New York City and Birmingham, Alabama which crashed in the pre-dawn hours of January 6, 1946 while landing at Birmingham Municipal Airport, resulting in three fatalities.

Investigation and cause

Investigation

One official from PCA and two from the Civil Aeronautics Board office in Atlanta responded to the site to investigate the accident the same day as the crash. The CAB held public hearings in Birmingham on January 15 and 16, 1946.

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Wikipedia article: Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105
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Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105
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Wikipedia article "Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105" (page 25834844, revision 1339307775)
Date
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Wikipedia infobox: site
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Aircraft, operator and route
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Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
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Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
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  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.