Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Freitag 13 Juni 1947 |
Zeit: | 18:16 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-54-DO (DC-4) |
Fluggesellschaft: | Pennsylvania-Central Airlines |
Kennzeichen: | NC88842 |
Werknummer: | 3112 |
Baujahr: | 1942 |
Betriebsstunden: | 8038 |
Triebwerk: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 47 / Insassen: 47 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 50 / Insassen: 50 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | 13 km (8.1 Meilen) SE of Charles Town, WV ( USA)
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Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
Flug von: | Pittsburgh (unknown airport), PA, USA |
Flug nach: | Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA), USA |
Flugnummer: | 410 |
Unfallbericht:Flight 410 departed Chicago, at 13:52 on an instrument flight plan with destination Norfolk and with stops scheduled at Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Washington. The flight departed Pittsburgh at 17:24 proceeded to Washington at 7,000 feet. At 18:03 the plane started its descent into Washington. While descending, the plane struck a ridge named Lookout Rock in the Blue Ridge Mountains at an elevation of approximately 1,425 feet
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board finds that the probable cause of this accident was the action of the pilot in descending below the minimum en route altitude under conditions of weather which prevented adequate visual reference to the ground. A contributing cause was the faulty clearance given by Airway Traffic Control, tacitly approved by the company dispatcher, and accepted by Flight 410."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Informationsquelle:
» CAB File No. 1-0066-47
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.