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{{Infobox Airliner accident
| name            = TWA Flight 513
| image           = Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Trans World Airlines (TWA) N9414H (4851345521).jpg
| image_upright   = 1.15
| caption         = A TWA Lockheed L-049, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
| occurrence_type = Accident
| date            = July 11, 1946
| type            = [[In-flight fire]]
| site            = [[Bern Township, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| coordinates     = {{coord|40|24|58|N|75|59|29|W|type:event|display=inline,title}}
| aircraft_type   = [[Lockheed L-049 Constellation]]
| operator        = [[Trans World Airlines|Transcontinental & Western Air]]
| tail_number     = NC86513
| aircraft_name   = ''Star of Lisbon''
| occupants       = 6
| crew            = 6
| injuries        = 1
| fatalities      = 5
| survivors       = 1<ref name=ASN110746>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19460711-0 |title=NC86513 accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=16 August 2013}}</ref>
}}

'''TWA Flight 513''', registration NC86513, ''Star of Lisbon'', was a [[Lockheed L-049 Constellation]] operated by [[TWA|Transcontinental and Western Air]] on a training flight on July 11, 1946, near [[Reading, Pennsylvania]].

==Description==
The electrical wiring in the baggage compartment of TWA Flight 513 on July 11, 1946, arced, starting a fire while the aircraft was in the air. The smoke and intense fire that were created made it impossible for the pilots to maintain control of the aircraft.

Of the six crewmembers aboard, five were killed.

This accident was memorable for the subsequent grounding of all Lockheed Constellations that was required from July 12 until August 23, 1946, when cargo fire detection equipment could be installed on all similar airplane models.

==See also==
* [[United Airlines Flight 624]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33272 Report] of the [[Civil Aeronautics Board]] ([https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33272/dot_33272_DS1.pdf Archive])

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