- Date
- January 3, 1968
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 82 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- HR-SAODouglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111606
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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-0001 68/1/3 NR.NEW ORLEANS,LA DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 0 0 6 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 2125 HR-SAO PX- 0 0 76 33, 9420 TOTAL HOURS, 500 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOISANT INTL OPERATOR - OTHER-FOREIGN FLAG CARRIER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT DESCENDED BELOW GLIDE SLOPE TO RT OF CENTERLINE.SUCCESSFUL PULLUP AND LNDG.NO RECENT ILS TRNG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HR-SAO
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moisant Intl