- Date
- August 13, 1963
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 24 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1907MDouglas DC-6
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109267
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0047 63/8/13 INDIANAPOLIS,IND DOUGLAS DC-6 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1012 N1907M PX- 0 0 19 38, 14657 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2307 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEIR COOK OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- GEAR STRUCK 18 IN RNWY LIP. RNWY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NOTANS AND TOWER WARNING GIVEN TO PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1907M
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weir Cook
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