Eastern Air Lines Flight 21

[1] Among the injured was Eastern Air Lines president and World War I hero Eddie Rickenbacker.At 11:38 PM Central Time,[2] the aircraft called the Eastern Air Lines operator in Atlanta[3] to advise that it had passed over the Stone Mountain reporting point and was descending.[4] Eastern's company operator then contacted the flight to suggest a straight-in approach; the aircraft acknowledged the transmission, but nothing further was heard.The CAB issued the following statement as to probable cause: On the basis of the foregoing findings and the entire record available to us at this time, we find that the probable cause of the accident to NC 28394 (Eastern Air Lines Trip 21) on February 26, 1941, was the failure of the captain in charge of the flight to exercise the proper degree of care by not checking his altimeters to determine whether both were correctly set and properly functioning before commencing his landing approach.A substantial contributing factor was the absence of an established uniform cockpit procedure on Eastern Air Lines by which both the captain and pilot are required to make a complete check of the controls and instruments during landing operations.33°35′49″N 84°20′50″W / 33.59694°N 84.34722°W / 33.59694; -84.34722

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