National Airlines Flight 16

The aircraft was piloted by Captain William Merrill Corry, an employee of National Airlines since November 1943.[2] The aircraft, a Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar, departed Miami at 9:12 p.m. on October 4, 1945, 1 hour, 15 minutes behind schedule due to delays in previous flights.[2] Civil Aeronautics Board investigators examined the wreckage and determined that there had been no malfunction or failure of aircraft equipment.[2] The Civil Aeronautics Board determined that: Testimony of the flight personnel and the results of pilot check flights conducted by the CAB and company check pilots subsequent to the hearing revealed a definite lack of familiarity of some National Airlines' captains with the operating limitation of the Lodestar.The company training program and training facilities were inadequate for the maintenance of sufficient competency of pilot personnel with respect to the Lockheed 18-50.Because of the captain's unfamiliarity with the aircraft specifications, he waited too long to commit himself to the go-around procedure, dooming the aircraft as immediate action was necessary.
Pilot errorLakeland, FloridaLockheed 18-50 LodestarNational AirlinesRegistrationMiami, FloridaFort Myers, FloridaSarasota, FloridaSt Petersburg, FloridaTampa, FloridaLakeland Municipal AirportFort MyersSarasotaSt PetersburgLakelandLockheed Lodestar 18-50US Army Air CorpsDefense Plant CorporationCaptainvisibilitylanding gearmissed approachrunwayfuselageCivil Aeronautics BoardAviation Safety NetworkUnited States Department of CommerceAviation accidents and incidentsChina ClipperAmerican Airlines Flight 6001Australian National Airways Stinson crashAvro York crashAmerican Airlines Flight 009Resko Przymorskie Dornier Do 24 crashLiberator Commando disappearanceUSAAF Boeing B-17 Isle of Man crashEastern Air Lines Flight 45B-25 Empire State Building crashElvetham air crashBeiping C-46 crashHonolulu Clipper forced landingBroadway Liberator crashFlight 19RAAF Douglas C-47 disappearanceLovettsville air disasterEastern Air Lines Flight 21Northwest Airlines Flight 5TWA Flight 3American Airlines Flight 28Pan Am Flight 1104American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Ohio)American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Missouri)Tamaqua, PA crashAmerican Airlines Flight 2TWA Flight 277South Portland A-26 Invader crashPennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105Mount Tom B-17 crashTWA Flight 513Columbus mid-air collisionUnited Air Lines Flight 521Eastern Air Lines Flight 605Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410United Air Lines Flight 608Pan Am Flight 923Mantell UFO incidentLos Gatos DC-3 crashDelta Air Lines Flight 705Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 4422United Air Lines Flight 624Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crashNorthwest Orient Airlines Flight 421Georgia USAF Boeing B-29 crashAirborne Transport DC-3 disappearanceStrato-Freight Curtiss C-46A crashStandard Air Lines Flight 897REastern Air Lines Flight 537American Airlines Flight 157AlaskaHawaiiNational Airlines (1934–1980)Flight 83Flight 101Flight 470Flight 967Flight 2511Flight 27Flight 193