# NTSB NYC62A0127: Vickers 745D, N7430, Ellicott City, MD, November 23, 1962

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 23, 1962
- Place: Ellicott City, MD · ELLICOTT CITY, MD
- Location: 39.2758° N, 76.8344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellicott City, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2758&lon=-76.8344&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 17 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132257
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC62A0127
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC62A0127

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0034  62/11/23 NR.ELLICOTT CITY,MD   VICKERS 745D        CR-  4  0  0  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1224                    N7430               PX- 13  0  0                            39, 16230 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            5263 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NEWARK,NJ                   WASHINGTON,DC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           BIRD STRIKE                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION
           AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- LOSS OF CTL AFTER SEPARATION OF L HORIZ STAB DUE COLLISION WITH WHISTLING SWAN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7430 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VICKERS 745D
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed

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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