- Date
- October 18, 1967
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 50 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7440Viscount 745D
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0046 67/10/18 ALLENTOWN,PA VISCOUNT 745D CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1843 N7440 PX- 0 0 46 38, 12177 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 110 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLENTOWN-EASTON OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT SELECTED RNWY WITH TAILWIND COMPONENT OF 5 KTS,CROSSWIND OF 13.5 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7440
- Reported as
- Viscount 745D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allentown-Easton
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