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Western Airlines Flight 470
Aircraft similar to the one involved.
Accident
DateMarch 31, 1975 (1975-03-31)
SummaryPilot error during final approach
SiteCasper–Natrona County International Airport,Wyoming, United States
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-247
OperatorWestern Airlines
RegistrationN4527W
Flight originStapleton International Airport, Colorado, United States
DestinationNatrona County International Airport, Wyoming, United States
Occupants99
Passengers93
Crew6
Fatalities0
Injuries4
Survivors99

Western Airlines Flight 470 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight in the United States from Colorado, stopping at Casper, Wyoming and finally arriving at Chicago and it was operated by a Boeing 737 jet. On March 31, 1975, the Boeing 737 went off the runway at the stopover at Casper.

Aircraft

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The aircraft was a Boeing 737-247, registered as N4527W with serial number 20131. It was manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 1969 and had logged 14076 airframe hours. It was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A engines and after the accident, the aircraft was written off after the accident.[1][2]

Cause

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The safety board concluded the cause as itwas likely due to the pilot had failed to judge when he failed to execute a missed approach and kept a non-precision approach when landing without assessing the aircraft’s position to the runway’s threshold, the contributing factors to the crash were the height and speed causing the aircraft crossed the approach end of the runway including the failures of the two other flight crew not providing with the needed callouts, claiming it a pilot error accident.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Runway excursion Accident Boeing 737-247 N4527W, Monday 31 March 1975". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  2. ^ a b "Crash of a Boeing 737-247 in Casper | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.