Incident Overview
Date: Friday 29 November 1963
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Purdue University
Registration Number: N386T
Location: Morgantown, WV –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: The DC-3 aircraft itself.The DC-3 aircraft itself.
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
A DC-3 aircraft crashed on a wooded hillside after a VOR instrument approach to land in Lafayette, IN. The incident occurred due to an improper use of navigational instruments on the aircraft.A DC-3 aircraft crashed on a wooded hillside after a VOR instrument approach to land in Lafayette, IN. The incident occurred due to an improper use of navigational instruments on the aircraft.
Description
The DC-3 departed Lafayette, IN at 08:36 for a ferry flight to Morgantown. The plane was on a VOR instrument approach to land when it struck trees and crashed on a wooded hillside. Weather at 11:18 EST was Ceiling 600 feet broken, 800 feet overcast, visibility 2 miles, light rain and fog; wind north, 12 knots with gusts to 20 knots, altitude setting 29.42in. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The pilot’s execution of an instrument approach in an aircraft not equipped with navigational instrumentation appropriate to the ground facilities being used.”
Primary Cause
The pilot’s execution of an instrument approach in an aircraft not equipped with navigational instrumentation appropriate to the ground facilities being used.The pilot’s execution of an instrument approach in an aircraft not equipped with navigational instrumentation appropriate to the ground facilities being used.Share on:
