Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | vendredi 29 mars 1946 |
Heure: | 12:34 |
Type/Sous-type: | Lockheed L-049 Constellation |
Compagnie: | Transcontinental & Western Air - TWA |
Immatriculation: | NC86510 |
Numéro de série: | 2034 |
Année de Fabrication: | |
Heures de vol: | 489 |
Moteurs: | 4 Wright R-3350 (739C18BA2) |
Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 9 |
Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 12 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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Phase de vol: | A l'atterrissage (LDG) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
Aéroport de départ: | New York (unknown airport), NY, Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Aéroport de destination: | Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Numéro de vol: | 955 |
Détails:The Constellation, named "Star of Rome", touched down fast, between 800 and 1,000 feet from the approach end of runway 27. Also, the flaps were still extending after touchdown. The aircraft ran off the runway, striking a concrete transformer house and ended up in a drainage ditch.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Poor judgement of the flight crew in attempting to land from a position which did not afford sufficient time to accomplish a satisfactory approach. A contributing factor was the poor landing technique of the pilot in failing to reduce the airspeed sufficiently for a safe landing. A further contributing factor was the lack of knowledge on the part of the crew concerning the poor braking action of rubber tires on a wet runway."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
» CAB File No. 394-36
Photos
accident date:
29-03-1946type: Lockheed L-049 Constellation
registration: NC86510
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.