ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334922
Date: | Sunday 20 March 1955 |
Time: | 22:36 |
Type: | Convair CV-240-0 |
Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
Registration: | N94234 |
MSN: | 66 |
Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
Total airframe hrs: | 13383 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 35 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Springfield Municipal Airport, MO (SGF) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Chicago (unknown airport), IL |
Destination airport: | Springfield Municipal Airport, MO (SGF/KSGF) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Struck ground 0,25 miles short while flying visually below low clouds.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A descent to the ground while approaching the airport caused by the crew's inattention to their flight instruments and a possibly sensory illusion giving them an erroneous impression of the attitude of the aircraft."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (86-88)
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