Status:	Final
Date:	19 NOV 1943
Time:	ca 23:30
Type:	Douglas DC-3-201E
Operator:	Eastern Air Lines
Registration:	NC19968
C/n / msn:	3252
First flight:	1940
Total airframe hrs:	11833
Engines:	2 Wright R-1820-G-202A
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15
Airplane damage:	Substantial
Airplane fate:	Repaired
Location:	New Orleans Municipal Airport, LA (NEW) (United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Houston (unknown airport), TX, United States of America
Destination airport:	New Orleans Municipal Airport, LA (NEW/KNEW), United States of America
Flightnumber:	12

Narrative:
Visibility was poor as Trip 12 arrived near New Orleans. The captain was making a second attempt to land when he allowed the plane to descend dangerously low. The no. 1 propeller contacted the water causing the propeller and parts of the engine, including the cowling, to be torn off. A safe emergency landing was carried out.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Misjudgment of altitude over the water while making a night landing approach in local instrument weather. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1. Inattention of the operating crew to instruments, especially the sensitive altimeter, during a night approach in low visibility.; 2. Failure of the carrier to prepare and enforce compliance with an adequate manual of operations stipulating procedures to promote safe operation."

Sources:
» CAB File No. 4815-43