Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | vendredi 19 novembre 1943 |
Heure: | 23:30 |
Type/Sous-type: | Douglas DC-3-201E |
Compagnie: | Eastern Air Lines |
Immatriculation: | NC19968 |
Numéro de série: | 3252 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1940 |
Heures de vol: | 11833 |
Moteurs: | 2 Wright R-1820-G202A |
Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 12 |
Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 15 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
Conséquences: | Repaired |
Lieu de l'accident: | New Orleans Municipal Airport, LA (NEW) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
Aéroport de départ: | Houston (unknown airport), TX, Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Aéroport de destination: | New Orleans Municipal Airport, LA (NEW/KNEW), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Numéro de vol: | 12 |
Détails:Visibility was poor as Trip 12 arrived near New Orleans. The captain was making a second attempt to land when he allowed the plane to descend dangerously low. The no. 1 propeller contacted the water causing the propeller and parts of the engine, including the cowling, to be torn off. A safe emergency landing was carried out.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Misjudgment of altitude over the water while making a night landing approach in local instrument weather. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1. Inattention of the operating crew to instruments, especially the sensitive altimeter, during a night approach in low visibility.; 2. Failure of the carrier to prepare and enforce compliance with an adequate manual of operations stipulating procedures to promote safe operation."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
» CAB File No. 4815-43
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