Incident Overview
Date: Monday 19 October 1953
Aircraft Type: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Owner/operator: Eastern Air Lines
Registration Number: N119A
Location: New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 27
Component Affected: Pilot’s visual reference and orientation system, navigational instruments.Pilot’s visual reference and orientation system, navigational instruments.
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
A sudden and uncontrolled descent occurred shortly after takeoff due to navigational errors by the pilot. The pilot’s loss of visual reference and orientation in dense fog led to an incorrect assumption of a descending flight path.A sudden and uncontrolled descent occurred shortly after takeoff due to navigational errors by the pilot. The pilot’s loss of visual reference and orientation in dense fog led to an incorrect assumption of a descending flight path.
Description
Descended into the ground shortly after takeoff. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The captain’s loss of visual reference and orientation when he encountered drifting fog shortly after becoming airborne on take-off, and the resultant inadvertent assumption of a descending flight path.”
Primary Cause
Captain’s loss of visual reference and orientation during takeoff due to drifting fog, resulting in an inadverent assumption of a descending flight path.Captain’s loss of visual reference and orientation during takeoff due to drifting fog, resulting in an inadverent assumption of a descending flight path.Share on:
