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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | February 14, 1953 |
| Summary | Turbulence, in-flight breakup |
| Site | Gulf of Mexico, off Fort Morgan, Alabama 30°10′25″N 87°57′10″W / 30.17361°N 87.95278°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-6 |
| Operator | National Airlines |
| Registration | N90893 |
| Flight origin | Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida |
| Stopover | Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida |
| Destination | Moisant Field, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Occupants | 46 |
| Passengers | 41 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 46 |
| Survivors | 0 |
National Airlines Flight 470 was a regularly scheduled flight between Tampa and New Orleans that crashed on February 14, 1953 after encountering severe turbulence. The crash marked the deadliest accident in the history of National Airlines, killing 46 (5 crew and 41 passengers), among them the widow of the cartoonist Billy DeBeck: Mary Bergman.