# NTSB NYC62A0037: Vickers 745D, N6598C, New York, NY, April 27, 1962

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 27, 1962
- Place: New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Location: 40.7143° N, 74.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7143&lon=-74.0060&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 25 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 19, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118103
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC62A0037
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC62A0037

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0021  62/4/27    NEW YORK,NY         VICKERS 745D        CR-  0  0  4  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0738                    N6598C              PX-  0  0 23                            35, 7546 TOTAL HOURS, 275
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAGUARDIA
        OPERATOR - NORTHEAST AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NEW YORK,NY                 WASHINGTON,DC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - FIRE WARNING SYSTEM: POWERPLANT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
                                  FALSE FIRE WARNING
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- FALSE FIRE WARNING NR 3 ENG.RET TO FLD.OVERSHOT LDG,SWERVED TO AVOID DIKE.DETECT SYS IN SERV TEST.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6598C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VICKERS 745D
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Laguardia

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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