Douglas DC-7B N815D

30 November 1962 · Jamaica, New York, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 30 November 1962 at about 21:45 local time, a Douglas DC-7B registered N815D, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Jamaica, New York, United States. 51 people were on board and 25 died, 14 were seriously injured, 11 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 November 1962 at 21:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Jamaica, New York, United States
Nearest airport: New York Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7B
Registration: N815D
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Charlotte, Nc → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0033

People

25 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
51	25	14	11	1

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

IMPROPER CREW TECHNIQUE DURING GO AROUND UNDER FOG COND NOT ADEQUATELY REPORTED.

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 1-0033, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 Sep 1962	Douglas DC-7B N801D	Daytona Beach, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
29 Oct 1962	Douglas DC-7B N51702	La Paz, South America no coordinates	Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
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8 Jun 1962	Douglas DC-7B N805D	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
16 Mar 1963	Douglas DC-7B N359AA	Oakland, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Mar 1963	Douglas DC-7B N841D	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-

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