Lockheed 1049H N6923C

23 September 1962 · No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 23 September 1962 at about 21:00 local time, a Lockheed 1049H registered N6923C, operated by Flying Tiger Line, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 76 people were on board and 28 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 September 1962 at 21:00
Classification: Accident
Location: No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed 1049H
Registration: N6923C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Flying Tiger Line, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Gander, Newfoundland → Frankfurt, Germany
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0028

People

28 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
76	28	0	0	48

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

2 OF ACFTS 4 ENGS FAILED.IMPROPER ACTION OF FE DISABLED 3RD ENG.DITCHED 560 MI W SHANNON, IRELAND.

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 1-0028, 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.

Also in

Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Flying Tiger Line, Inc. 30 Lockheed 1049 28 1962 72

Other Lockheed 1049 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Mar 1962	Lockheed 1049H N6921C	Missing Aircraft, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	Fatal	107
14 Dec 1962	Lockheed 1049H N6913C	No.hollywood, California, United States no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	Fatal	5
15 Mar 1962	Lockheed 1049H N6911C	Adak, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	Fatal	1
28 May 1962	Lockheed 1049 N6213C	New York, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Feb 1963	Lockheed 1049H N9740Z	San Francisco, California, United States no coordinates	Slick Airways, Inc.	Fatal	4
28 May 1963	Lockheed 1049G N189S	Manhattan, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Standard Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 28 records for this type

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15 Jun 1962	Boeing 707 N707PA	San Juan, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
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5 Mar 1964	Boeing 707 N729PA	Enrout London-Ny, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.