Date: | Tuesday 22 April 1947 |
Time: | 10:40 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3C |
Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
Registration: | NC49657 |
MSN: | 9066 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2899 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Columbus, GA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Macon (unknown airport), GA |
Destination airport: | Columbus-Muscogee Airport, GA |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:While on approach to runway 05, a private aircraft (a Vultee BT-13, registered NC55312 and owned by the Tuskegee Aviation Institute) landed on top of the DC-3. Both aircraft climbed from 10 feet to 150 feet because the DC-3's tail was forced down by the BT-13, and the pilot had applied power. Both aircraft crashed and burned.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the pilot in the BT-13 to fly a standard left hand pattern in his approach to the airport and to Keep a diligent lookout for other traffic."
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:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 46)
CAB Accident Investigation Report
Images:
photo (c) Bill Poturica; 22 April 1947
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