ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341791
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 February 1941 |
| Time: | 23:50 |
| Type: |  Douglas DST-318A (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | NC28394 |
| MSN: | 3250 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1940 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820-G202A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N of Jonesboro, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Washington-Hoover Field, DC |
| Atlanta-Candler Field, GA (ATL/KATL) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed into a hill in pine woods while trying to make an instrument landing approach in rain and fog due to altimeter misread. The aircraft found next day at 6:30 CT. Passenger Edward Vernon "Eddy" Rickenbacker (50) survived. Congressman William D. Byron (45) died.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the captain in charge of the flight to exercise the proper degree of care by not checking his altimeters to determine whether both were correctly set and properly functioning before commencing his landing approach. A substantial contributing factor was the absence of an established uniform cockpit procedure on Eastern Air Lines by which both the captain and the pilot are required to make a complete check of the controls and instruments during landing operations."
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