DIA69I0045

NTSB incident investigation · Lockheed 188-A · Richmond, VA · February 27, 1969

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
February 27, 1969
Place
Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
Injuries
67 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N5526Lockheed 188-A
Status
Completed · report May 5, 1969
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
185761

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0006  69/2/27    RICHMOND,VA         LOCKHEED 188-A      CR-  0  0  5  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 2248                    N5526               PX-  0  0 62                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHARD E BYRD
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN

Aircraft

Registration
N5526
Reported as
Lockheed 188-A
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Richard E Byrd

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.