Date: | Sunday 3 February 1963 |
Time: | 12:07 |
Type: | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation |
Owner/operator: | Slick Airways |
Registration: | N9740Z |
MSN: | 4851 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4258 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM (ABQ/KABQ) |
Destination airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Super Constellation struck runway approach lights 1170 feet short of the threshold during a runway 28R ILS approach. The plane climbed momentarily and crashed on the left edge of runway 28L, 1900 feet beyond the threshold.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The continuation of an instrument approach after adequate visual reference was lost below authorized minimums. Inadequate monitoring of the instrument approach by the PAR controller was a contributing factor."
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:
CAB Accident Report File No. 1-0003
ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume I, Circular 78-AN/66 (13-20)
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