ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334735
| Date: | Friday 17 February 1956 |
| Time: | 14:58 |
| Type: |  Martin 4-0-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | N445A |
| MSN: | 14122 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12373 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Owensboro, KY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Evansville-Dress Regional Airport, IN (EVV/KEVV) |
| Owensboro-Daviess County Airport, KY (OWB/KOWB) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Martin 4-0-4 took off from Evansville for a 29-mile instrument flight to Owensboro. Weather was poor when the flight arrived near Owensboro: precipitation, ceiling 600 feet, sky obscured, visibility 1 mile, moderate thundershowers, fog, wind NE/3 knots. After turning left to finals the right wing suddenly dropped. The aircraft struck the ground and rolled to an inverted position, sliding to a stop next to runway 05.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An improperly executed final approach, resulting in a stall, during a steep left turn at an altitude too low to permit recovery."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest No.8, Circular 54-AN/49 (36-39)
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