Fnle No. 1-0005
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT
ADOPTED. January 20, 1966 RELEASED. January 25, 1966
NORTHEAST AIRLINES, INC. DOUGLAS DC-GB, N8221H, LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, NEW YORK JUNE 5, 1964 ~———-__—.—_..afl‘
SYNOPSIS
Northeast A1rl1nes, Inc., Fllght 715, a DC-6B, scheduled between Lebanon, New Hampshlre, and LaGuard1a A1rport, New York v1a Boston, Massachusetts, struck a d1ke dur1ng a Vlsual land1ng approach to runway 31 at LaGuardla Alrport on June 5, 1964, at 1234 e d t.
Weather Cond1tlons prevalling at the tlme of the accident were hlgh th1n scattered clouds, 15 mlles v151b111ty, w1nd from 300 degrees at 10 knots.
The a1rcraft's two maln land1ng gears separated from the a1rcraft on 1mpact w1th the d1ke, however, the alrcraft remalned rlght-51de-up and there was no flre. Evacuat1on of the 39 passengers and four crew members was both rap1d and orderly, and there were no 1nJur1es.
The Board determlnes that the probable cause of thlS acc1dent was the fa11ure of the captaln properly to plan and execute the f1nal approach.
W 1.1 Elstory of Fllght
Northeast Alrllnes, Inc., Fllght 715, a Douglas DC-GB, N8221H, operat1ng as a regularly scheduled passenger fl1ght from Lebanon, New Hampshlre, to New York City, New York, v1a Boston, Massachusetts, struck a water retalnlng d1ke w1th 1ts maln landlng gear durlng a Vlsual landlng approach to runway 31 at LaGuardla Alr- port, New York, on June 5, 1964, at 1234 e.d.t.— The V1sual Approach Slope Ind1- cator (VASI)§/ was be1ng utlllzed
F11ght 715 orlglnated 1n Lebanon, New Hampsh1re, on June 5, 1964, and proceedec rout1nely to Logan Internat1onal A1rport, Boston, Massachusetts, where a scheduled
1] All t1mes herein are eastern dayllght based on the 24-hour clock. 3/ The LaGuardia VASI 1nstallation 15 descrlbed on Page 5 of thls report
