Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 19 OCT 1953 |
| Tipo: | Lockheed L-749A Constellation |
| Operador: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registración: | N119A |
| Numéro de série: | 2616 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1949 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 27 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) (Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Despegue (TOF) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL/KIDL), Estados Unidos de América |
| San Juan (unknown airport), Puerto Rico |
Descended into the ground shortly after takeoff.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's loss of visual reference and orientation when he encountered drifting fog shortly after becoming airborne on take-off, and the resultant inadvertent assumption of a descending flight path." Fuentes:
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
