National DC-6 similar to the one involved
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| Accident | |
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| Date | February 14, 1953 (1953-02-14) |
| Summary | Turbulence, in-flight breakup |
| Site | Gulf of Mexico, off Fort Morgan, Alabama 30°10′25″N 87°57′10″W / 30.17361°N 87.95278°W / 30.17361; -87.95278 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-6 |
| Operator | National Airlines |
| Registration | N90893 |
| Flight origin | Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida |
| Stopover | Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida |
| Destination | Moisant Field, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Occupants | 46 |
| Passengers | 41 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 46 |
| Survivors | 0 |
National Airlines Flight 470 was a regularly scheduled flight between Tampa and New Orleans that crashed on February 14, 1953 after encountering severe turbulence. The crash marked the deadliest accident in the history of National Airlines, killing 46 (5 crew and 41 passengers), among them the widow of the cartoonist Billy DeBeck: Mary Bergman.
The Douglas DC-6, registered N90893, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico 20 mi (32 km) off Mobile Point en route to New Orleans.[1] The USCGC Blackthorn assisted in search and recovery operations.[2][3][4][5] National Airlines did not maintain its own meteorology department, as was standard among airlines at the time, and its pilots were not informed of the strength of the storm into which they were flying.[6]
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Jan 7 Associated Air Transport Trip 1-6-6A Jan 15 RAF Mediterranean Sea mid-air collision Feb 2 Feb 14 Mar 12 Avro Lincoln shootdown incident May 2 May 17 Jun 18 Jul 12 Transocean Air Lines Flight 512 Jul 17 Aug 3 Sep 1 Sep 16 Oct 14 Oct 29 Nov 23 | |
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