Lockheed L-049 Constellation crash, May 12, 1959 (2 killed)
Lockheed L-049 Constellation accident on May 12, 1959 near Charleston-Yaeger (Kanawha) West Virginia, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: May 12, 1959
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-049 Constellation
- Location: Charleston-Yaeger (Kanawha) West Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Operational deficiencies in approach and touchdown and poor crew coordination during ground loop on wet runway
Capital Airlines Flight 983 landed at Charleston, West Virginia on a wet runway on 12 May 1959 and the captain ground looped the Constellation when braking seemed ineffective. It slid down an embankment beyond the airport boundary and burned. One passenger and one crew member died, and the investigation faulted the approach, touchdown and crew coordination.