Miami - Miami

On June 28, 1957 at 12:00 AM, Miami - Miami experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-7, operated by Eastern Airlines, with the event recorded near Miami-Intl Florida.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was taxiing at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Following an uneventful training flight, the DC-7 landed at Miami-Intl Airport, exit via a taxiway and was taxiing to the maintenance hangar when control was lost. It collided with a parked Eastern Airlines Super Constellation registered N6212C. On impact, both aircraft caught fire and the crew was able to evacuate the DC-7 before both aircraft would be destroyed by fire. The exact circumstances and causes of the collision remains unclear.

Aircraft reference details include registration N808D, MSN 44859, year of manufacture 1955.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.7950°, -80.2867°.