ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332538
| Date: | Saturday 16 October 1965 |
| Time: | 16:47 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-7B |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | N824D |
| MSN: | 45333/888 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 20138 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 62 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Charlotte-Douglas Airport, NC (CLT) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Charlotte-Douglas Airport, NC (CLT/KCLT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File 1-0063
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