DELTA AIRLINES - Douglas DC-9-32 N3329L Accident Chattanooga, TN - September 8,1970
ACCIDENT DESCRIPTION:
Status:
Final
Date:
09 SEPT 1970
Time:
20:14 EST
Type:
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Operator:
Delta Air Lines
Registration:
N3329L
Msn / C/n:
47032/204
Year built:
1967
Total airframe hrs:
5600 hours
Engines:
2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A
Crew:
n/a
Passengers:
n/a
Total:
n/a
Airplane damage:
Written off
Location:
Louisville, KY STANDIFORD FIELD
Phase:
Approach (APR)
Nature:
Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:
Chicago, O'Hare (ORD)
Destination airport:
n/a
Flightnumber:
n/a
NARATIVE:
Plane undershoot laning on level off / touchdown. Nose over / down on level off/touchdown.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
Pilot in command misjudged the altitude. Pilots misjudgement of altitude due to sloping terrain absence of lights in approach area. Aircraft not PSND on glide slope.
REPORTS:
NTSB Report Number: AAR-71-15, adopted on 11/17/1971
