Portal:Civil Aeronautics Board

“ After departure from New York the flight, apart from slight accumulative delays, was uneventful until it reached Greenville, South Carolina. During the approach to the Greenville Airport, Captain Harmon used 3⁄4 flaps and maintained an airspeed of 90 m.p.h. The approach was toward the north which afforded approximately 4000 feet of runway. At a point about 25 feet south of the southern boundary there is a dyke which runs east and west and which is slightly higher than the airport itself. ”

“ Although the landing gear was inspected immediately following the Greenville incident by the flight crew and a CAA Inspector, the examination must have been cursory in nature because the aircraft was on the ground for a period of only five minutes. Although the carrier does not maintain elaborate maintenance facilities at Greenville, South Carolina, it does at Atlanta, Georgia, which was the next scheduled stop. The flight crew did not report the Greenville incident when the trip arrived at Atlanta ”