Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Schlussbericht |
| Datum: | 15 MRZ 1959 |
| Zeit: | 00:53 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Convair CV-240-0 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | American Airlines |
| Kennzeichen: | N94273 |
| Werknummer: | 150 |
| Baujahr: | 1949 |
| Betriebsstunden: | 22720 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83AM4A |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 1,5 km (0.9 Meilen) SE of Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW) (USA)
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| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Frachtflug |
| Flug von: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA), USA |
| Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW), USA | |
| Flugnummer: | 2815 |
Collided with a steel tower (96 feet high) while on the second ILS approach. The aircraft crashed in a railroad yard, skidded across tracks.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot's descent below his allowable minimum altitude and his inattention to flight instruments while attempting to locate the runway visually." Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 (106-108)
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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 New York-La Guardia Airport, NY to Chicago-Midway Airport, IL as the crow flies is 1156 km (722 miles).
Distance from New York-La Guardia Airport, NY to Chicago-Midway Airport, IL as the crow flies is 1156 km (722 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.
