- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 06, 1946 |
Time: | 03:59 |
Location: | Birmingham, Alabama |
Operator: | Pennsylvania Central Airlines |
Flight #: | 105 |
Route: | New York City - Birmingham, AL |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration: | N21786 |
cn / ln: | 4131 |
Aboard: | 11 (passengers:7 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | In worsening weather conditions, the plane landed fast and high while making an instrument approach to Birmingham, overran the runway, crashed through the barrier fence and into a creek. The action of the pilot in committing himself to a landing from an approach which was too high and too fast. |
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