Status:	Final
Date:	16 OCT 1965
Time:	16:47
Type:	Douglas DC-7B
Operator:	Eastern Air Lines
Registration:	N824D
C/n / msn:	45333/888
First flight:	1957
Total airframe hrs:	20138
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 57
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 62
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Charlotte-Douglas Airport, NC (CLT) (United States of America)
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	?
Destination airport:	Charlotte-Douglas Airport, NC (CLT/KCLT), United States of America

Narrative:
The undercarriage collapsed when the DC-7 undershot the runway on landing. A fire developed in the right wing area.

PROBABLE CAUSE(S): pilot in command - misjudged distance,speed,and altitude

Events:

Sources:
» NTSB File 1-0063