| Date: | Friday 24 February 1967 |
| Time: | 02:25 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6B |
| Owner/operator: | Northeast Airlines |
| Registration: | N8224H |
| MSN: | 43741/290 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Holmdel, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL) |
| Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-6 was en route from Philadelphia to Boston at FL150 when it suffered an explosive decompression due to the failure of the right hand forward section of the fuselage in the area of the crew/cargo compartment door. A 10 feet section of the fuselage separated and struck the no. 3 engine, causing the propeller to break off. A safe emergency landing was made at New York.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Crack propagation by both stress and fatigue.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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