- Date
- March 20, 1969
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 16 fatal, 6 serious, 5 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N142DDouglas DC3A
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1970
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1280 69/3/20 NEW ORLEANS,LA DOUGLAS DC3A CR- 3 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0655 N142D PX- 13 6 5 CTR PASSG-I 50, 15300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOISANT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TENN NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE FACTOR(S) MISC-CONTROLLING REGULATIONS NOT CLEAR. WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 53 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DSCNDED BLO APCH MINIMA.MISUNDERSTOOD APCH CTLER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N142D
- Reported as
- Douglas DC3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Moisant
N142DRegistration cancelled Dec 1, 2010 · Douglas DC3A-S4C4GAirframe modelDouglas DC3A-S4C4GEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.