Date: | Wednesday 14 September 1960 |
Time: | 08:00 |
Type: | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
Registration: | N6127A |
MSN: | 1117 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1573 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 76 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Boston Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS) |
Destination airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Lockheed's main gear struck a dyke while approaching New York-La Guardia.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the pilot to properly plan and execute the approach to a landing. Factors which may have contributed where the shortened runway and the unmarked upper portion of the dyke."
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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