Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 JUL 1964 |
| Time: | 18:33 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-7B |
| Operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | N809D |
| C/n / msn: | 44860/616 |
| First flight: | 1955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 25106 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 71 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 76 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Richmond, VA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York (unknown airport), NY, United States of America |
| Richmond International Airport (Byrd Field), VA (RIC/KRIC), United States of America |
The pilot was cleared to land on Richmond runway 15, but the approach was a little low. A little power was added, but the right main gear touched down 17 feet short of the edge of the jet blast pad of runway 15 and 150 feet short of the runway threshold. The gear struck the 9-inch raised lip of the blast pad, causing the right main gear to collapse. The DC-7 slid for 4752 feet before coming to rest.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot misjudged altitude and distance and undershot during landing." Sources:
» NTSB File 1-0040
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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.
