- Date
- July 20, 1969
- Place
- New Castle, DE · NEW CASTLE, DE
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4909CDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0025 69/7/20 NEW CASTLE,DEL DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 11 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2107 N4909C PX- 0 0 0 49, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR WILMINGTON OPERATOR - CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JFK INTL,NY NEW CASTLE,DEL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- STRUCK ILS ANTENNAE,CONT FLT TO FRIENDSHIP. LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4909C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grtr Wilmington
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