Crash-aerien 24 NOV 1959 d'un Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation N102R - Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW)
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Statuts:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:mardi 24 novembre 1959
Heure:05:35
Type/Sous-type:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Compagnie:Trans World Airlines - TWA
Immatriculation: N102R
Numéro de série: 4824
Année de Fabrication: 1957
Moteurs: 4 Wright R-3350 (988TC18EA3)
Equipage:victimes: 3 / à bord: 3
Passagers:victimes: 0 / à bord: 0
Total:victimes: 3 / à bord: 3
Victimes au sol:victimes: 8
Dégats de l'appareil: Détruit
Conséquences: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:0,4 km (0.3 milles) SE of Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW) (   Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol: En approche (APR)
Nature:Cargo
Aéroport de départ:Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Aéroport de destination:Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Numéro de vol:TW595
Détails:
A Lockheed Constellation, N102R, crashed into a residential area about 400 m southeast of Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW), killing all three persons aboard, demolishing the aircraft, and fatally injuring eight persons on the ground.
TWA Flight 595, loaded with cargo, took off on runway 31L of Midway at approximately 0531, bound for Los Angeles, CA (LAX). As the aircraft began a left turn, the crew notified Midway Tower they had received a fire warning on the No. 2 engine and had shut it down. They also informed the tower the flight would return and land.
The aircraft proceeded in a continuing left turn around the airport in an elliptical pattern and below the clouds which were based at an altitude of 500 to 600 feet.
In the turn to final approach to runway 31 the aircraft banked in excess of 45 degrees during which it developed an excessive rate of sink. When the aircraft reached the tops of the trees its wings were nearly level and its nose was raised in a climbing attitude; however, the descent continued. The wing flaps were being retracted during the last 5 to 10 seconds of the final descent and were found to be symmetrically extended at 24 percent upon impact.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The manoeuvring of the aircraft in a manner that caused it to develop an excessive rate of sink while in the turn to final approach."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: CAB
Status: Investigation completed
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Sources:
» ICAO Circular 64-AN/58 (80-83)


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accident date: 24-11-1959
type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
registration: N102R
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Chicago-Midway Airport, IL et Los Angeles International Airport, CA est de 2792 km (1745 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.

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