Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Montag 11 Dezember 1967 |
Zeit: | 15:26 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
Fluggesellschaft: | United Airlines |
Kennzeichen: | N7429 |
Werknummer: | 127 |
Baujahr: | 1956 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 15 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 18 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK) ( USA)
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Flugphase: | Landung (LDG) |
Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
Flug von: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), USA |
Flug nach: | Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK/KCAK), USA |
Unfallbericht:The Viscount overran the runway, coming to rest down a 20 feet embankment, 120yds from the runway end.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot in command - misjudged distance and speed and failed to initiate a go around."
Informationsquelle:
» NTSB File 1-0070
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Distance from Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI to Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH as the crow flies is 213 km (133 miles).
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.