ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337089
| Date: | Sunday 5 January 1947 |
| Time: | 22:08 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-208A |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | NC21746 |
| MSN: | 2104 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 25547 hours |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820-G102 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jones Beach, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Baltimore Airport, MD |
| Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Arriving near Washington, the aircraft had to hold because of 2 emergencies. "Flagship San Antonio" then continued to Baltimore and held there for 75 mins. also because of some emergencies of other flights. The crew decided to try Philadelphia instead. They were not able to use the Philadelphia radio dang however due to static interference. The flight continued north-eastward with weather conditions worsening. With 30 minutes of fuel left an emergency landing was decided upon. A belly landing was carried out on a beach. The aircraft was salvaged and sold as scrap.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The inability of the pilot to land at a prepared landing area due to the loss of radio navigational reference resulting from severe static interference. A contributing factor was the saturation of navigational facilities in the New York-Washington area due to the existence of a large number of emergencies which prevented an early landing. A further contributing factor was the failure of the company and the United States Weather Bureau to forecast adequately the high level conditions affecting this area due to insufficient number of radiosonde stations in the northeastern states."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 1-0003-47
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