Date: | Monday 19 October 1953 |
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Type: | Lockheed L-749A Constellation |
Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
Registration: | N119A |
MSN: | 2616 |
Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 27 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL/KIDL) |
Destination airport: | San Juan (unknown airport) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Narrative:Descended into the ground shortly after takeoff.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's loss of visual reference and orientation when he encountered drifting fog shortly after becoming airborne on take-off, and the resultant inadvertent assumption of a descending flight path."
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:
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