Flugunfall 13 JUN 1947 einer Douglas C-54-DO (DC-4) NC88842 - Charles Town, WV
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Datum:Freitag 13 Juni 1947
Zeit:18:16
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
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)
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

Informationsquelle:
» CAB File No. 1-0066-47


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