Registration / Serial: | N5502 |
Fleet number: | 502 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed L-188 Electra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed L-188 Electra |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
C/n (msn): | 1007 |
Operator Titles: | Eastern Air Lines |
City / Airport: | Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (KBOS / BOS)Map |
Region / Country: | Massachusetts, United States |
Photo Date: | April 1971 |
Photo by: | Peter Marshall (via Gary Vincent)Contact |
Photo ID: | 817277Submit Correction |
View count: | 44 |
Delivered to Eastern Air lines on October 8, 1958, this Electra was sold to Air Manila International in December 1971 and registered RP-C1061. Tragically the aircraft crashed during take-off at Manila on June 24, 1976. Number three propeller was feathered around lift-off and the crew retracted the gear and flaps before the aircraft was completely under control. It struck rising terrain and slid across a highway before catching fire. All on board and one person on the ground lost their lives.
Registration / Serial: | N5502 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
C/n (msn): | 1007 |
Operator Titles: | Eastern Air Lines |
City / Airport: | Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (KBOS / BOS)Map | Region / Country: | Massachusetts, United States |
Photo Date: | April 1971 |
Photo by: | Peter Marshall (via Gary Vincent)Contact |
Registration / Serial: | N5502 |
Fleet number: | 502 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed L-188 Electra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed L-188 Electra |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
C/n (msn): | 1007 |
Operator Titles: | Eastern Air Lines |
City / Airport: | Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (KBOS / BOS)Map |
Region / Country: | Massachusetts, United States |
Photo Date: | April 1971 |
Photo by: | Peter Marshall (via Gary Vincent)Contact |
Photo ID: | 817277Submit Correction |
View count: | 44 |
Delivered to Eastern Air lines on October 8, 1958, this Electra was sold to Air Manila International in December 1971 and registered RP-C1061. Tragically the aircraft crashed during take-off at Manila on June 24, 1976. Number three propeller was feathered around lift-off and the crew retracted the gear and flaps before the aircraft was completely under control. It struck rising terrain and slid across a highway before catching fire. All on board and one person on the ground lost their lives.
Registration / Serial: | N5502 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
C/n (msn): | 1007 |
Operator Titles: | Eastern Air Lines |
City / Airport: | Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (KBOS / BOS)Map | Region / Country: | Massachusetts, United States |
Photo Date: | April 1971 |
Photo by: | Peter Marshall (via Gary Vincent)Contact |