Draft:Western Airlines Flight 470
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| Accident | |
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| Date | March 31, 1975 |
| Summary | Pilot error during final approach |
| Site | Casper–Natrona County International Airport,Wyoming, United States |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-247 |
| Operator | Western Airlines |
| Registration | N4527W |
| Flight origin | Stapleton International Airport, Colorado, United States |
| Destination | Natrona County International Airport, Wyoming, United States |
| Occupants | 99 |
| Passengers | 93 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 4 |
| Survivors | 99 |
Western Airlines Flight 470 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Colorado to Wyoming.[1][2] On March 31, 1975, the Boeing 737-247 used on the flight crashed in Casper-Natrona County International Airport after the aircraft when further right and beyond the departure end of the runway when the aircraft missed approach due to excessive speed and height. There were no fatalities except 4 injuries.[1][2]
Aircraft
[edit]The aircraft was a Boeing 737-247, registered as N4527W with serial number 20131. It was manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 1969 and had logged 14076 airframe hours. It was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A engines and after the accident, the aircraft was written off after the accident.[1][2]
Cause
[edit]The safety board concluded the cause as itwas likely due to the pilot had failed to judge when he failed to execute a missed approach and kept a non-precision approach when landing without assessing the aircraft’s position to the runway’s threshold, the contributing factors to the crash were the height and speed causing the aircraft crossed the approach end of the runway including the failures of the two other flight crew not providing with the needed callouts, claiming it a pilot error accident.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Runway excursion Accident Boeing 737-247 N4527W, Monday 31 March 1975". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ a b c d "Crash of a Boeing 737-247 in Casper | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
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