ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328724
Date: | Saturday 2 December 1978 |
Time: | 13:13 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | SMB Stage Line |
Registration: | N41447 |
MSN: | 12987 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Des Moines, IA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Chicago (unknown airport), IL |
Destination airport: | Des Moines Airport, IA (DSM/KDSM) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-3 struck the upslope of an embankment, 300 feet short of the runway 03 threshold. Windshield icing restricted the visibility of both pilots.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged distance and altitude
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - airframe ice
miscellaneous acts,conditions - ice-windshield
weather - icing conditions-includes sleet,freezing rain,etc.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MKC79FA007 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Atlanta Airport, GA (ATL); November 1978
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