Lockheed 188 N5540

14 January 1962 · Birmingham, Alabama, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 14 January 1962 at about 18:21 local time, a Lockheed 188 registered N5540, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Birmingham, Alabama, United States. 30 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 January 1962 at 18:21
Classification: Accident
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Nearest airport: Birmingham
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed 188
Registration: N5540
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Washington, Dc → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0026

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
30	0	0	0	30

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CK LIST USE INADEQUATE. CREW PULLED CB DUE GR WARNING HORN OVERRIDE INOPERATIVE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0026, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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