New York – Wilmington

On October 12, 1946 at 06:15 PM, New York – Wilmington experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-049 Constellation, operated by Trans World Airlines - TWA, with the event recorded near Wilmington-New Castle County Delaware.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a positioning flight to Wilmington-New Castle Airport to pick up passengers. On approach, the crew was informed by ATC that weather conditions were poor and that it should be better to divert to Philadelphia. The pilot attempted to land on runway 14 but after touchdown, he realized his mistake and elected to go around. It was too late, the aircraft overran, went through the perimeter fence, crossed a road where it hit two cars and continued for about 650 feet before coming to rest in flames. While all eight crew members escaped unhurt, the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC86512, MSN 2039, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.7459°, -75.5466°.