Boeing 727-100 crash, Nov 8, 1965 (58 killed), Cincinnati...
Boeing 727-100 accident on November 8, 1965 near Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States with 58 fatalities. Cause: The crew failed to...
- Date: November 8, 1965
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States
- Fatalities: 58
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew failed to properly monitor the altimeters during a visual approach into deteriorating visibility
American Airlines Flight 383, a Boeing 727 from New York to Cincinnati, struck a wooded hillside about two miles north of the runway at Greater Cincinnati Airport while on a visual approach in deteriorating weather on 8 November 1965. A stewardess and three passengers survived, while 58 people were killed. The Civil Aeronautics Board found that the crew failed to properly monitor their altimeters during the approach.