ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337452
| Date: | Friday 18 January 1946 |
| Time: | 11:03 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-201E |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | NC19970 |
| MSN: | 3254 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1940 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 22028 hours |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820-G202A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cheshire, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) |
| Boston Commonwealth Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Just over half an hour after takeoff, a no. 1 engine nacelle fire started and spread, causing the left wing to collapse upward and backward. Control was lost and the aircraft spiralled to the ground. The engine fire was caused by the failure of fuel line of fuel line connection.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was failure of the left wing in flight due to an engine fire caused by failure of a fuel line of fuel line connection."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 144-46
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