Eastern Air Lines Flight 212
Wreckage of N8984E at the accident site | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 11, 1974 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Near Douglas Municipal Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States 35°09′14″N 80°55′34″W / 35.15389°N 80.92611°W |
| Aircraft | |
| N8983E, an aircraft similar to the one involved | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
| Operator | Eastern Air Lines |
| IATA flight No. | EA212 |
| ICAO flight No. | EAL212 |
| Call sign | EASTERN 212 |
| Registration | N8984E |
| Flight origin | Charleston Municipal Airport, Charleston, South Carolina |
| Stopover | Douglas Municipal Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Destination | Chicago O'Hare, Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupants | 82 |
| Passengers | 78 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 72 |
| Injuries | 9 |
| Survivors | 10 |
On September 11, 1974, Eastern Air Lines Flight 212, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashed during approach to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, killing 72 of the 82 people on board. The scheduled flight was from Charleston Municipal Airport, South Carolina, to Chicago O'Hare, Illinois, with an intermediate stop in Charlotte, North Carolina.
An investigation conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that multiple crew errors were the primary cause of the crash.