Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 30 December 1945
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3-201
Owner/operator: Eastern Air Lines
Registration Number: NC18123
Location: New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 14
Component Affected: The aircraft’s landing gear and control surfaces.The aircraft’s landing gear and control surfaces.
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
Eastern Air Lines’ Flight 14 crashed into Flushing Bay after attempting to land at La Guardia Field, New York, due to a pilot decision to land too high and too fast.Eastern Air Lines’ Flight 14 crashed into Flushing Bay after attempting to land at La Guardia Field, New York, due to a pilot decision to land too high and too fast.
Description
Eastern Air Lines’ Flight 14 attempting to land at La Guardia Field, New York, was unable to stop within the boundary of the airport, crashed through a localizer building located at the end of the runway and came to rest in Flushing Bay. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The decision of the pilot in attempting a landing from an approach which was too high and too fast.”
Primary Cause
The pilot’s decision to land from an approach which was too high and too fast.The pilot’s decision to land from an approach which was too high and too fast.Share on:
