Date:	Wednesday 21 December 1955
Time:	03:43
Type:	Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Owner/operator:	Eastern Air Lines
Registration:	N112A
MSN:	2533
Year of manufacture:	1947
Total airframe hrs:	29941 hours
Engine model:	Wright R-3350 (749C18BD1) Cyclone
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1 km SW of Jacksonville-Thomas Cole Imeson Municipal Airport, FL -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA)
Destination airport:	Jacksonville-Thomas Cole Imeson Municipal Airport, FL
Investigating agency:	CAB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Crashed and caught fire while on a runway 05 ILS approach.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight encountered local fog and restricted visibility during the final portion of an ILS approach, and a missed approach procedure came too late to prevent the aircraft from descending into ground obstructions."

ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (215-220)
ICAO Accident Digest No.8, Circular 54-AN/49 (22-26)

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

7 February 1948

NC112A

Eastern Air Lines

1

250 km ESE off Brunswick, GA

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