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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:DC-7B
    Construction Number:45449
    Last Civil Registration:N843D
    Latest Owner or Location:Eastern Air Lines Inc

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    Event

    Constructed as a DC-7B.

    By 28 September 1963

    To Eastern Air Lines with c/r N843D (Douglas DC-7B, 45449/952).

    28 September 1963

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There were 15,975 hours on the airframe at the time. This was a domestic scheduled passenger flight. The accident occurred at Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA) (United States of America) while landing. Narrative: The DC-7 landed in foggy and rainy weather conditions. Due to overcontrolling of reverse thrust the nose landing gear collapsed. The aircraft sustained irreparable damage. PROBABLEaCAUSE(S)pilotainacommanda-aimproperaoperationaofapowerplanta and apowerplantacontrolsmiscellaneousaacts,conditionsa-athrustareversal-asymmetricalFACTOR(S)pilotainacommanda-afailedatoainitiateago-aroundweathera-alowaceilingweathera-arainmiscellaneousaacts, conditionsa-apoorlyaplannedaapproachmiscellaneousaacts, conditionsa-aoverloadafailure...

    By 28 September 1963

    To Eastern Air Lines Inc with c/r N843D.

    28 September 1963

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number MIA64A0041: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 20:30 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Berry Airport, Nashville, TN. Ground looped or water swerved on touch down. The gear collapsed during the landing rollout. The factors included; low ceiling, rain and overload failure. The sky conditions were broken. The ceiling was 400 feet at the accident site. The visibility was 2 miles or less. The precipitaion was rain...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    Written off.
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