Last updated: 1 March 2021
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 March 1964 |
| Time: | 08:22 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator: | Slick Airways |
| Registration: | N384 |
| C/n / msn: | 18379 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 40233 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 2,1 km (1.3 mls) SW of Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL/KBDL), United States of America |
| Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 12 |
Flight 12 departed New York at 06:14 EST and Windsor Locks at 07:35 while on a cargo flight to Boston. The aircraft was on a runway 04R ILS approach when the nose suddenly pitched downward about 60 degrees, causing the aircraft to crash out of control, 7000 feet short of the runway threshold.
Weather reported to the flight was: scattered clouds 400 feet, ceiling 700 feet overcast, visibility 1,5 miles in moderate sleet and fog. While descending through 3000 feet, the crew had requested a lower altitude because of moderate to heavy rime ice being encountered.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Loss of balancing forces on the horizontal surface of the empennage of the aircraft, due to ice accretion, causing the aircraft to pitch nose down at an altitude too low to effect recovery."
Classification:
IcingLoss of control
Sources:
» ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16, Circular 82-AN/69 (97-102)Photos
Map
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Distance from Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT to Boston-Logan International Airport, MA as the crow flies is 145 km (91 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT to Boston-Logan International Airport, MA as the crow flies is 145 km (91 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.
