Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 30 DEC 1945 |
| Time: | 21:13 EST |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3-201 |
| Operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | NC18123 |
| C/n / msn: | 1999 |
| First flight: | 1937 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 21348 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 14 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL), United States of America |
| New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 14 |
Eastern Air Lines' Flight 14 attempting to land at La Guardia Field, New York, was unable to stop within the boundary of the airport, crashed through a localizer building located at the end of the runway and came to rest in Flushing Bay.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The decision of the pilot in attempting a landing from an approach which was too high and too fast." Sources:
» CAB File No. 4983-45
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Philadelphia International Airport, PA to New York-La Guardia Airport, NY as the crow flies is 153 km (95 miles).
Distance from Philadelphia International Airport, PA to New York-La Guardia Airport, NY as the crow flies is 153 km (95 miles).
