Medford - Medford

On September 17, 1966 at 02:56 PM, Medford - Medford experienced a crash involving Lockheed 14 Super Electra, operated by Thunderbird Airways, with the event recorded near Medford New Jersey.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was involved in a local test flight and the twin engine airplane was used for an electronic test project mission. For such program, a special authorisation was granted to use the aircraft in an overweight configuration. After liftoff, during initial climb, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain height and its speed was too low. It stalled, struck the ground and crashed in flames. All four occupants were slightly injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N18138, MSN 1416, year of manufacture 1938.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.9009°, -74.8235°.