ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333165
Date: | Sunday 13 January 1963 |
Time: | 02:33 |
Type: | Douglas DC-7 |
Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
Registration: | N4875C |
MSN: | 44679/526 |
Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Memphis Municipal Airport, TN (MEM) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Memphis Municipal Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A Douglas DC-7 of Delta Air Lines (N4875C, msn 44679) was taxiing for takeoff at Memphis Municipal Airport, Tennessee, USA, when it struck a parked USAF Fairchild C-123B Provider (54-0589, msn 20038). The aircraft was taxiing on an unfamiliar taxiway at night.
The pilot off the DC-7 was killed. The Provider was damaged by fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - failed to see and avoid other aircraft
pilot in command - improper operation of brakes and/or flight controls
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
The Victoria Advocat 15 JAN 1963, p10
NTSB
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