Date: | Monday 23 May 1960 |
Time: | 11:52 |
Type: | Convair CV-880-22-1 |
Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
Registration: | N8804E |
MSN: | 22-00-16 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Atlanta Airport, GA (ATL) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) |
Destination airport: | Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Shortly after lift-off, the aircraft assumed a nose high attitude, banked steeply to the left and crashed nose down.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft was stalled, for reasons undetermined, at an altitude too low to effect recovery."
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:
WCAA 2nd ed. / C.Y. Kimura
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