Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 28 September 1963
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-7B
Owner/operator: Eastern Air Lines
Registration Number: N843D
Location: Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 45
Component Affected: Nose landing gearNose landing gear
Category: Accident
A DC-7 aircraft experienced a catastrophic landing due to excessive reverse thrust control, resulting in the collapse of its nose landing gear. The incident was likely caused by pilot error, specifically improper operation of the powerplant controls and miscellaneous actions, combined with adverse weather conditions ? particularly fog and rain ? and a poorly planned approach.A DC-7 aircraft experienced a catastrophic landing due to excessive reverse thrust control, resulting in the collapse of its nose landing gear. The incident was likely caused by pilot error, specifically improper operation of the powerplant controls and miscellaneous actions, combined with adverse weather conditions ? particularly fog and rain ? and a poorly planned approach.
Description
The DC-7 landed in foggy and rainy weather conditions. Due to overcontrolling of reverse thrust the nose landing gear collapsed. The aircraft sustained irreparable damage. PROBABLEÿCAUSE(S) pilotÿinÿcommandÿ-ÿimproperÿoperationÿofÿpowerplantÿ&ÿpowerplantÿcontrols miscellaneousÿacts,conditionsÿ-ÿthrustÿreversal-asymmetrical FACTOR(S) pilotÿinÿcommandÿ-ÿfailedÿtoÿinitiateÿgo-around weatherÿ-ÿlowÿceiling weatherÿ-ÿrain miscellaneousÿacts, conditionsÿ-ÿpoorlyÿplannedÿapproach miscellaneousÿacts, conditionsÿ-ÿoverloadÿfailure
Primary Cause
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