Lockheed L-049 Constellation crash, Nov 8, 1961 (77 killed)
Lockheed L-049 Constellation accident on November 8, 1961 near Richmond Virginia, United States with 77 fatalities. Cause: Fuel mismanagement caused...
- Date: November 8, 1961
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-049 Constellation
- Location: Richmond Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 77
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel mismanagement caused loss of two engines, followed by hydraulic mismanagement that kept the landing gear from extending and a poorly executed go around with an engine overboosted; the CAB found the crew not capable of its duties.
An Imperial Airlines Lockheed Constellation carrying new US Army recruits from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina, crashed and burned short of Byrd Field, Richmond, on 8 November 1961. The crew had let two engines run out of fuel, then mishandled a go around. 74 passengers and three crew died, mostly from carbon monoxide poisoning, and two crew escaped.