ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340555
| Date: | Friday 19 November 1943 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-201E |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | NC19968 |
| MSN: | 3252 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1940 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11833 hours |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820-G202A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Orleans Municipal Airport, LA (NEW) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Houston (unknown airport), TX |
| New Orleans Municipal Airport, LA (NEW/KNEW) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Visibility was poor as Trip 12 arrived near New Orleans. The captain was making a second attempt to land when he allowed the plane to descend dangerously low. The no. 1 propeller contacted the water causing the propeller and parts of the engine, including the cowling, to be torn off. A safe emergency landing was carried out.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Misjudgment of altitude over the water while making a night landing approach in local instrument weather. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1. Inattention of the operating crew to instruments, especially the sensitive altimeter, during a night approach in low visibility.; 2. Failure of the carrier to prepare and enforce compliance with an adequate manual of operations stipulating procedures to promote safe operation."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 4815-43
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