Narrative:
Collided with a steel tower (96 feet high) while on the second ILS approach. The aircraft crashed in a railroad yard, skidded across tracks.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot's descent below his allowable minimum altitude and his inattention to flight instruments while attempting to locate the runway visually."
accident date: 15-03-1959
type: Convair CV-240-0
registration: N94273
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Sunday 15 March 1959 |
| Time: | 00:53 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-240-0 |
| Operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N94273 |
| MSN: | 150 |
| First flight: | 1949 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 22720 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83AM4A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 1,5 km (0.9 mls) SE of Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA), United States of America |
| Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | AA2815 |
Collided with a steel tower (96 feet high) while on the second ILS approach. The aircraft crashed in a railroad yard, skidded across tracks.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot's descent below his allowable minimum altitude and his inattention to flight instruments while attempting to locate the runway visually."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 (106-108)Photos
accident date: 15-03-1959
type: Convair CV-240-0
registration: N94273
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from New York-La Guardia Airport, NY to Chicago-Midway Airport, IL as the crow flies is 1156 km (722 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from New York-La Guardia Airport, NY to Chicago-Midway Airport, IL as the crow flies is 1156 km (722 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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