Southeast Airlines Flight 308

Southeast Airlines Flight 308
	A DC-3 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	8 January 1959
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Holston Mountain, Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-3A
Operator	Southeast Airlines
Registration	N18941
Flight origin	McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Destination	Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Bristol, Tennessee, United States
Passengers	7
Crew	3
Fatalities	10
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

Southeast Airlines Flight 308 was an American domestic flight operated by Southeast Airlines between Knoxville and Bristol, Tennessee, in the United States. On 8 January 1959 it was flown by a Douglas DC-3A registered N18941.[1] On approach to Tri-Cities Regional Airport at Bristol, the aircraft crashed into the Holston Mountain range with the loss of all on board.[1]

Accident

The aircraft departed McGhee Tyson Airport outside of Knoxville 27 minutes late on what was the second leg of the flight with seven passengers and three crew.[1] The DC-3A was cleared for an approach to runway 27 at Tri-Cities Regional Airport.[1] The visibility at the airport was 3 miles (4.8 km) in light snow and fog with a 900-foot (274 m) broken ceiling and overcast at 1,700 feet (518 m).[1] The crew reported problems with the automatic direction finder and they were unable to find the outer marker visually or aurally.[1] The aircraft passed to the east of the outer marker and while outside the normal procedure turn area descended and hit the wooded slope on the north-west side of the Holston Mountain range, killing all 10 people on board.[1]

Probable cause

Following an investigation of the accident, the investigation board reported "The Board determines the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the pilot to identify Gray intersection properly and his decision to continue an ILS (instrument landing system) approach contrary to company and regulatory procedures".[2]

References

Citations

Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 1/59
Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 16 November 2011.

Bibliography

"Final accident report". Civil Aeronautics Board.
World Accident Summary. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0-903083-44-2.

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[CAA-1] Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 1/59

[ASN-2] Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 16 November 2011.

Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States and U.S. territories in the 1950s
1950	Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash
1951	National Airlines Flight 83 Cubana de Aviación Flight 493 United Air Lines Flight 610 United Air Lines Flight 615 Miami Airlines C-46 Continental Charters Flight 44-2
1952	American Airlines Flight 6780 National Airlines Flight 101 Pan Am Flight 526A American Airlines Flight 910 Mount Gannett C-124 crash Moses Lake C-124 crash
1953	National Airlines Flight 470 Delta Air Lines Flight 318 USMC R4Q NROTC crash American Airlines Flight 723 BCPA Flight 304
1955	Cincinnati mid-air collision TWA Flight 260 American Airlines Flight 711 Hawaii R6D-1 crash Pan Am Flight 845/26 MacArthur Airport United Airlines crash American Airlines Flight 476 United Air Lines Flight 409 United Air Lines Flight 629
1956	TWA Flight 400 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2 Grand Canyon mid-air collision Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 304
1957	Pacoima mid-air collision Northeast Airlines Flight 823 Northeast Airlines Flight 285
1958	Capital Airlines Flight 67 Capital Airlines Flight 300 Westover Air Force Base KC-135 crash Northeast Airlines Flight 258
1959	Southeast Airlines Flight 308 American Airlines Flight 320 The Day the Music Died Capital Airlines Flight 75 American Airlines Flight 514 Braniff International Airways Flight 542 Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 National Airlines Flight 967 Allegheny Airlines Flight 371 San Diego F3H crash
This list is incomplete.