- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 16, 1964
Time: 1829
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Operator: Eastern Air Lines
Flight #: ?
Route: New York City - Richmond - Jacksonville
AC Type: Douglas DC-7B
Registration: N809D
cn / ln: 44860/616
Aboard: 76   (passengers:71  crew:5)
Fatalities: 0   (passengers:0  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: Landed 17 feet short of the runway threshold, tore off the landing gear, slid and caught fire. Pilot misjudged altitude and distance and undershot during landing.
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