- Date
- July 20, 1964
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 57 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N831DDouglas DC-7
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182543
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0056 64/7/20 CHARLOTTE NC DOUGLAS DC-7 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1858 N831D PX- 0 0 52 50, 18022 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4241 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS AIRPORT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST REVERSAL-ASYMETRICAL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N831D
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Douglas Airport
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