Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 18 November 1950
Aircraft Type: Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Owner/operator: Trans World Airlines – TWA
Registration Number: NC86511
Location: Long Beach Airport, CA (LGB) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60
Component Affected: Engines (specifically, the No.3 and No.2 engines).Engines (specifically, the No.3 and No.2 engines).
Category: Accident
A Boeing 737-300 experienced a significant malfunction during a flight from Los Angeles. Both engines failed, resulting in prop feathering and subsequent unfeathered prop. The aircraft approached Long Beach with a limited visibility due to a fence and spur track, ultimately impacting the runway. Brakes failed on a wet, slippery surface, and the aircraft ran through a fence and over a spur track, causing the right gear to collapse. The aircraft came to rest approximately 1400 feet from the runway.A Boeing 737-300 experienced a significant malfunction during a flight from Los Angeles. Both engines failed, resulting in prop feathering and subsequent unfeathered prop. The aircraft approached Long Beach with a limited visibility due to a fence and spur track, ultimately impacting the runway. Brakes failed on a wet, slippery surface, and the aircraft ran through a fence and over a spur track, causing the right gear to collapse. The aircraft came to rest approximately 1400 feet from the runway.
Description
While climbing out of Los Angeles, the flight experienced a malfunction of the no.3 and then no.2 engines Both props were feathered. Prop no.3 was later unfeathered but failed to develop more than 1800 RPM. An instrument approach was made at Long Beach and the runway was not visible until directly over it, with the aircraft passing over half of the runway before touching down. Brakes were not effective on the wet slippery surface. The aircraft ran through a fence and over a spur track, at which time the right gear collapsed. It came to rest approximately 1400 feet from the runway. The airplane was repaired and was destroyed in an accident on September 1, 1961 near Chicago-Midway Airport.
Source of Information
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19501119.1.1&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——–1https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19501119.1.1&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——–1Primary Cause
Engine failure and mechanical failure during flight.Engine failure and mechanical failure during flight.Share on:
