- Date
- December 17, 1973
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 13 minor, 151 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- EC-CBNDouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1975
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-0004 73/12/17 BOSTON,MASS DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 1 13 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1543 EC-CBN PX- 0 2151 53, 21705 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 426 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL OPERATOR - IBERIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MADRID,SPAIN BOSTON,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PLT-DIDNT RECOG INCR DSCNT RATE,MAY HV BEEN UN TO FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 41 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOW ALT WND SHEAR.MIN WHL CLNC.APCH LITE PIERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- EC-CBN
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Logan Intl