- Date
- November 2, 1966
- Place
- Ft.Wayne, IN · FT.WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 48 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37575Douglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119485
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0053 66/11/2 FT.WAYNE,IND DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2249 N37575 PX- 0 0 43 54, 20530 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BAER FIELD OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH REMARKS- POWER LINE 31 FR HIGH,2383 FT FROM THRESHOLD.SUCCESSFUL GO AROUND AND L(DG MADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37575
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Baer Field
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