- Date
- August 6, 1962
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 71 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6102ALockheed 188
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0018 62/8/6 KNOXVILLE,TENN LOCKHEED 188 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1731 N6102A PX- 0 0 67 49, 20634 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 878 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGHEE-TYSON OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DALLAS,TEX NEW YORK,NY KNOXVILLE,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 73 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CTL DUE IMPROPER X-WIND LDG TECHNIQUE IN ADVERSE WEA.GR HIT TAXIWAY EDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6102A
- Reported as
- Lockheed 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcghee-Tyson
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