Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 15 March 1959
Aircraft Type: Convair CV-240-0
Owner/operator: American Airlines
Registration Number: N94273
Location: 1,5 km SE of Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft control system (specifically, descent control)Aircraft control system (specifically, descent control)
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
A Boeing 737 aircraft crashed while on the second ILS approach, colliding with a steel tower at a height of 96 feet. The aircraft skidded across tracks into a railroad yard. The probable cause was identified as the pilot?s descent below the allowable minimum altitude and his lack of attention to flight instruments while visually locating the runway.A Boeing 737 aircraft crashed while on the second ILS approach, colliding with a steel tower at a height of 96 feet. The aircraft skidded across tracks into a railroad yard. The probable cause was identified as the pilot?s descent below the allowable minimum altitude and his lack of attention to flight instruments while visually locating the runway.
Description
Collided with a steel tower (96 feet high) while on the second ILS approach. The aircraft crashed in a railroad yard, skidded across tracks. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot’s descent below his allowable minimum altitude and his inattention to flight instruments while attempting to locate the runway visually.”
Primary Cause
Pilot?s descent below allowable minimum altitude and lack of attention to flight instruments.Pilot?s descent below allowable minimum altitude and lack of attention to flight instruments.Share on:
