Miami – Tampa

On September 13, 1945 at 12:00 AM, Miami – Tampa experienced a crash involving Lockheed 18 LodeStar, operated by National Airlines, with the event recorded near Tampa-Intl Florida.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 14 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: 11, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The landing was completed on a very wet runway. After touchdown, the twin engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest partially submerged into the bay located past the runway end. All 14 occupants were quickly evacuated while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC33349, MSN 18-2370, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 27.9625°, -82.5128°.