- Date
- March 10, 1964
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N384Douglas DC-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0003 64/3/10 BOSTON MASS DOUGLAS DC-4 CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0822 N384 PX- 0 0 0 39, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, 815 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL OPERATOR - SLICK AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SLEET OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ICE ACCRETION ON HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CAUSED LOSS OF BALANCING AIR FORCES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N384
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Logan Intl
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