Douglas DC-10 crash, Dec 17, 1973, Boston-Logan Massachus...
Douglas DC-10 accident on December 17, 1973 near Boston-Logan Massachusetts, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The captain failed to recognize a...
- Date: December 17, 1973
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-10
- Location: Boston-Logan Massachusetts, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain failed to recognize a steepening descent in time to arrest it before the aircraft struck the approach light piers (NTSB AAR-74-14)
An Iberia DC-10 on an instrument approach to Boston Logan in rain and fog struck the approach light piers about 500 feet short of runway 33L. The right main gear was torn off, the aircraft veered off the runway and burned, and all 168 occupants were evacuated.