TWA Flight 513

TWA Flight 513

Infobox Airliner accident|name=TWA Flight 513
Date=July 11, 1946
Type=In flight fire
Site=Reading, Pennsylvania
Fatalities=5
Injuries=1
Aircraft Type=Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Operator=Transcontinental & Western Air
Tail Number=NC86513
Ship name="Star of Lisbon"
Passengers=0
Crew=6
Survivors =1

TWA Flight 513, registration NC86513, "Star of Lisbon", was a Lockheed Constellation operated by Transcontinental and Western Air on a training flight on July 11, 1946 when it crashed near Reading, Pennsylvania. Electrical wiring in the baggage compartment arced starting a fire. The smoke and intense fire created made it impossible for the pilots to maintain control of the aircraft. Of the 6 crewmembers onboard 5 were killed. This accident is memorable for grounding all Lockheed Constellations from July 12 until August 23, 1946 when cargo fire detection equipment could be installed.

The crash was referred to in Martin Scorsese's film "The Aviator", based on the life of TWA's then-owner, Howard Hughes.

External links

* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19460711-0 ASN Database entry on TWA Flight 513]


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