Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | 12 JAN 1955 |
| Tijd: | 09:04 |
| Type: | Martin 2-0-2A |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registratie: | N93211 |
| Constructienummer: | 14081 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1950 |
| Aantal vlieguren: | 7958 |
| Motoren: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB16 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 3 / inzittenden: 3 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 10 / inzittenden: 10 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 13 / inzittenden: 13 |
| Botsingsslachtoffers: | slachtoffers: 2 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | 4 km (2.5 mijl) W of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG) (Verenigde Staten)
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| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG/KCVG), Verenigde Staten |
| Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, OH (CLE/KCLE), Verenigde Staten | |
| Vluchtnummer: | 694 |
DC-3 N999B departed Battle Creek (BTL) at 07:33 for a VFR flight to Lexington, KY (LEX). At 09:02 a TWA Martin 2-0-2 departed Cincinnati Airport (CVG) runway 22. While making a right turn after takeoff, the Martin collided with the DC-3 at or near the cloud base at an altitude of 700-900 feet.
The left wing of the DC-3 came in contact with the right propeller of the Martin. The right wing of the Martin and the left wing of the DC-3 then struck, resulting in disintegration of the DC-3 wing and causing such structural damage to the Martin right wing that it also separated from the aircraft. The left propeller of the Martin cut across the top of the DC-3 fuselage and through the vertical fin and rudder. Portions of the DC-3 fin and rudder separated in flight.
Both aircraft crashed out of control.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Operation of the DC-3 in the control zone as unknown traffic, without clearance, very close to the base of, or in, the overcast." Bronnen:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (39-43)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY en Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, OH bedraagt 353 km (221 miles).
De afstand tussen Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY en Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, OH bedraagt 353 km (221 miles).
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.
