Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 3 February 1963
Aircraft Type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Owner/operator: Slick Airways
Registration Number: N9740Z
Location: San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: Instrument ApproachInstrument Approach
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
A Super Constellation aircraft experienced a runway landing failure due to a loss of visual reference during an ILS approach. The aircraft climbed momentarily, resulting in a crash on the left edge of runway 28L, 1900 feet beyond the threshold. The incident was likely caused by a failure to adequately monitor the instrument approach after sufficient visual reference was unavailable.A Super Constellation aircraft experienced a runway landing failure due to a loss of visual reference during an ILS approach. The aircraft climbed momentarily, resulting in a crash on the left edge of runway 28L, 1900 feet beyond the threshold. The incident was likely caused by a failure to adequately monitor the instrument approach after sufficient visual reference was unavailable.
Description
The Super Constellation struck runway approach lights 1170 feet short of the threshold during a runway 28R ILS approach. The plane climbed momentarily and crashed on the left edge of runway 28L, 1900 feet beyond the threshold. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The continuation of an instrument approach after adequate visual reference was lost below authorized minimums. Inadequate monitoring of the instrument approach by the PAR controller was a contributing factor.”
Primary Cause
Inadequate monitoring of the instrument approach by the PAR controller.Inadequate monitoring of the instrument approach by the PAR controller.Share on:
