- Date
- October 16, 1965
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 61 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N824DDouglas DC-7
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176298
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0063 65/10/16 CHARLOTTE,NC DOUGLAS DC-7 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1647 N824D PX- 0 0 57 41, 12879 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1463 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS AIRPORT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FIRE IN RIGHT WING AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N824D
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Douglas Airport
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