Narrative:
The Constellation crashed during an ILS approach to Burbank-Lockheed Air Terminal runway 07 in adverse weather conditions (fog) in a residential industrial area, 1,25 miles W of the airport. It appeared that the captain had coronary artery disease sufficient in severity to have caused partial or complete incapacitation or even death, particularly during a sequence of stressful or anxious moments. A review of Company training records indicated that the first officer had not adequately demonstrated his proficiency in the execution of an ILS approach during training flights while under normal simulated instrument flight conditions.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The incapacitation of the pilot-in-command, at a critical point in the approach resulting in a loss of control of the aircraft from which the co-pilot was unable to recover."
Loss of control
» ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume I, Circular 71-AN/63 (195-100)
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Friday 14 December 1962 |
| Time: | 22:12 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation |
| Operator: | Flying Tiger Line |
| Registration: | N6913C |
| MSN: | 4810 |
| First flight: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 20269 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 2 km (1.3 mls) W of Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), United States of America |
| Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 183 |
The Constellation crashed during an ILS approach to Burbank-Lockheed Air Terminal runway 07 in adverse weather conditions (fog) in a residential industrial area, 1,25 miles W of the airport. It appeared that the captain had coronary artery disease sufficient in severity to have caused partial or complete incapacitation or even death, particularly during a sequence of stressful or anxious moments. A review of Company training records indicated that the first officer had not adequately demonstrated his proficiency in the execution of an ILS approach during training flights while under normal simulated instrument flight conditions.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The incapacitation of the pilot-in-command, at a critical point in the approach resulting in a loss of control of the aircraft from which the co-pilot was unable to recover."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Flightcrew incapacitationLoss of control
Sources:
» CAB Aircraft Accident Report» ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume I, Circular 71-AN/63 (195-100)
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Distance from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL to Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA as the crow flies is 2766 km (1729 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL to Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA as the crow flies is 2766 km (1729 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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