1961 President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crash

1961 aircraft accident in Ireland 1961 President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crash Accident O 10-9-61 Shannon.jpg N90773, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in August 1961 1961 09 10 y Instrument failure and bad weather leading to a loss of control River Shannon, Ireland Douglas DC-6B Theodore Roosevelt President Airlines N90773 Düsseldorf Airport, Düsseldorf, West Germany Shannon Airport, Shannon, County Clare, Ireland Gander International Airport, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States 83 77 6 83 0 The 1961 President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crash occurred on the night of September 10, 1961, when a President Airlines Douglas DC-6 named Theodore RooseveltVogt Ronny Irish Crash Airmails Irish Airmail Society 1997 Bray 281 outbound from Shannon, Ireland crashed into the nearby River Shannon shortly after takeoff, killing all 83 people on board. To date, the crash remains the deadliest one in Irish territory. Airline President Airlines was a supplemental air carrier (at the time, a charter/scheduled airline hybrid), that in 1960 bought the airline certificate of California Eastern Airways, a carrier that had mainly operated under contract for the US government.Civil Aeronautics Board Reports 31 U.S. General Printing Office Washington, DC 965–970 May–September 1960 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32437011657679?urlappend=%3Bseq=997%3Bownerid=107305065-1001 2027/osu.32437011657679 free California Eastern, Certificate Transfer The airline went out of business shortly after this accident.November 2025 Aircraft and occupants The aircraft involved was a Douglas DC-6B registered as N90773. It first flew in 1953 and was powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines. The aircraft's occupants on the accident flight consisted of 77 passengers and 6 crew members.https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/333502 Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B N90773 Shannon, Ireland aviation-safety.net Aviation Safety Network 27 September 2025 Accident November 2025 The aircraft was on a non-scheduled international passenger flight from Düsseldorf, Germany to Chicago with stopovers in Shannon and Gander, Newfoundland for refueling.November 2025 Shortly after takeoff from Shannon Airport's runway 24, the pilots were cleared for a right-hand turn, but they instead turned left and kept turning until the aircraft had reached a bank angle of about 90 degrees or more.November 2025 Unable to recover, the aircraft plummeted into the River Shannon 5,000 ft. from the end of the runway.November 2025 There were no survivors among the 83 passengers and crew.November 2025 Cause Subsequent investigations indicate that the crash probably resulted from a malfunctioning attitude indicator, a fault in the starboard ailerons, or both. Poor weather conditions and crew fatigue were also cited as possible contributing factors.Aviation Disasters Fifth Gero David The History Press 2009 9780752450391 44 Stroud (UK) https://archive.org/details/aviationdisaster0000davi/page/44 See also Air India Flight 855 – another accident in which the attitude indicator failed, causing the pilot to bank too far to the left and lose control. Korean Air Flight 8509 Copa Flight 201 West Air Sweden Flight 294 References 52.6797 N 8.9430 W source:wikidata title Category:1961 disasters in Europe Category:1960s disasters in Ireland Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-6 Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by instrument failure Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1961 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Ireland Category:September 1961 in Europe Category:1961 in the Republic of Ireland