TWA Flight 513

TWA Flight 513
Accident
Date	July 11, 1946
Summary	In-flight fire
Site	Bern Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. 40°24′58″N 75°59′29″W / 40.41611°N 75.99139°W / 40.41611; -75.99139
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Aircraft name	Star of Lisbon
Operator	Transcontinental & Western Air
Registration	NC86513
Passengers	0
Crew	6
Fatalities	5
Injuries	1
Survivors	1^[1]

TWA Flight 513, registration NC86513, Star of Lisbon, was a Lockheed L-049 Constellation operated by Transcontinental and Western Air on a training flight on July 11, 1946, near Reading, Pennsylvania.

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Description

The electrical wiring in the baggage compartment of TWA Flight 513 on July 11, 1946 arced, starting a fire while the aircraft was in the air. The smoke and intense fire that were created made it impossible for the pilots to maintain control of the aircraft.

Of the six crewmembers aboard, five were killed.

This accident was memorable for the subsequent grounding of all Lockheed Constellations that was required from July 12 until August 23, 1946, when cargo fire detection equipment could be installed on all similar airplane models.

References

^ "NC86513 accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
Report of the Civil Aeronautics Board (Archive)

v t e Lockheed Constellation family
Model numbers	L-049 L-051 L-084 L-104 L-139 L-149 L-249 L-349 L-449 L-549 L-649 L-749 L-849 L-949 L-1049 A B/F L-1149 L-1249 L-1449 L-1549 L-1649
Names	Constellation (I) Constellation (II) Constellation (III) Speedfreighter Starliner Super Constellation (I) Super Constellation (I)
Military designations	B-30 C-69 C-121 F EC-121 PO R7O/R7V -2 WV W2V
Accidents and incidents	TWA Flight 513 (1946) TWA Flight 6963 (1946) Pan Am Flight 121 (1947) Pan Am Flight 1-10 (1948) Air France Flight 009 (1949) TWA Flight 903 (1950) Air India Flight 245 (1950) Pan Am Flight 151 (1951) Air France Flight 152 (1953) Air France Flight 178 (1953) KLM Flight 633 (1954) Air India Flight 300 (1955) El Al Flight 402 (1955) LAV Flight 253 (June 1956) TWA Flight 2 (1956) LAV Flight 253 (November 1956) KLM Flight 844 (1957) KLM Flight 607-E (1958) Lufthansa Flight 502 (1959) TWA Flight 891 (1959) Avianca Flight 671 (1960) Air France Flight 343 (1960) TWA Flight 266 (1960) Air France Flight 406 (1961) TWA Flight 529 (1961) IA Flight 201/8 (1961) FTL Flight 739 (1962) Paradise Airlines Flight 901A (1964) EAL Flight 853 (1965) LANSA Flight 501 (1966)
Notable aircraft	Avion Pirata Columbine II Kashmir Princess
Topics	Operators Variants

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1946

Jan 6

Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105

Mar 3

American Airlines Flight 6-103

Mar 10

Australian National Airways DC-3 crash

Apr 5

Rabat Vickers Wellington crash

Apr 8

USAF C-47 Yan'an crash

Jul 9

Mount Tom B-17 crash

Jul 11

TWA Flight 513

Aug 7

British European Airways Flight 530

Oct 3

AOA Douglas DC-4 Flagship New England

Oct 7

Apeldoorn aircraft crash

Nov 14

KLM Amsterdam accident

Nov 19

C-53 Gauli Glacier crash

Dec 19

Railway Air Services Dakota crash

Dec 28

TWA Flight 6963

Dec 28

American Airlines Flight 2207

Dec 30

PBM Mariner Antarctica crash

1945 ◄ ► 1947

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States and U.S. territories in the 1940s
1940	Lovettsville air disaster
1941	Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 Northwest Airlines Flight 5
1942	TWA Flight 3 American Airlines Flight 28
1943	Pan Am Flight 1104 American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Ohio) American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Missouri) Tamaqua, PA crash
1944	American Airlines Flight 2 TWA Flight 277 South Portland A-26 Invader crash
1945	American Airlines Flight 6001 Eastern Air Lines Flight 45 National Airlines Flight 16
1946	Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105 Mount Tom B-17 crash TWA Flight 513
1947	United Air Lines Flight 521 Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410 United Air Lines Flight 608 Pan Am Flight 923
1948	Mantell UFO incident Los Gatos DC-3 crash Northwest Airlines Flight 4422 United Air Lines Flight 624 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash Northwest Airlines Flight 421 Georgia USAF Boeing B-29 crash Airborne Transport DC-3 disappearance
1949	Strato-Freight Curtiss C-46A crash Standard Air Lines Flight 897R Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 American Airlines Flight 157
This list is incomplete.