Date: | Monday 10 March 1941 |
Time: | 20:35 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3-277C |
Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
Registration: | NC15592 |
MSN: | 2248 |
Year of manufacture: | 1940 |
Engine model: | Wright R-1820-G102 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cincinnati Municipal Airport, OH (LUK) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Chicago Municipal Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW) |
Destination airport: | Cincinnati Municipal Airport, OH (LUK/KLUK) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:American Airlines Trip 20 departed Chicago Municipal Airport, IL on a flight to Washington, DC. The first intermediate stop was Cincinnati Municipal Airport, OH.
An unexpected acceleration of a low pressure system resulted in the arrival of a storm front at Cincinnati coincidentally with the arrival of Trip 20 with resulting turbulence below 3000 feet, violent rain squalls and a ceiling of 1300 feet.
When attempting to land on runway 6, the airplane ballooned after entering a sudden squall. The captain continued the landing and the aircraft contacted the ground to the left of the runway and rolled into a levee.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
The error in judgment on the part of the pilot in continuing an attempt to land during a period of restricted visibility from the cockpit due to heavy precipitation. A substantial factor, increasing the pilots difficulties and the liability of error in judgment, was the inadequacy of the system of runway lighting on Lunken Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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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