ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337081
Date: | Sunday 12 January 1947 |
Time: | 01:38 |
Type: | Douglas C-49-DO (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
Registration: | NC88872 |
MSN: | 3274 |
Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7680 hours |
Engine model: | Wright R-1820-G202A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 19 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Galax, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK/KCAK) |
Destination airport: | Winston-Salem-Smith-Reynolds Airport, NC (INT/KINT) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Against standard company procedure the flight continued direct to Winston-Salem instead of via the Greensboro range. A let-down was started without definitely establishing the position of the aircraft in relation to the Winston-Salem radio station. The DC-3 flew into the ground in rugged country 63 miles NW of Winston-Salem at an altitude of about 2500 feet.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The action of the pilot in attempting a let-down without having positively determined the position of the aircraft. A contributing factor was the erroneous navigation of the pilot which on at least two occasions led him to believe that he was farther south than he actually was"
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 45)
CAB File No. 1-0005-47
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