Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Saturday 28 December 1946 |
Time: | 09:19 |
Type: | Douglas C-50A-DO (DC-3) |
Operator: | American Airlines |
Registration: | NC15577 |
MSN: | 4805 |
First flight: | 1941 |
Total airframe hrs: | 11920 |
Engines: | 2 Wright R-1820-G102 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 21 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Michigan City, IN ( United States of America)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Detroit (unknown airport), MI, United States of America |
Destination airport: | Chicago (unknown airport), IL, United States of America |
Flightnumber: | AA2207 |
Narrative:DC-3 NC15577 departed Michigan at 07:48, about six minutes behind schedule on an instrument flight plan to cruise at 2,500 feet to Chicago. At 08:40 the flight was instructed by Chicago ARTCC to climb to 4,000 feet, which altitude it was supposed to stay at until 10 minutes past South Bend. At 09:18 the pilot reported: "Both engines going bad descending at 1,000 feet per minute looking for opening. Altitude is at present 900 feet." Chicago suggested to return to South Bend, but the DC-3 could not make it and crash-landed near Michigan City.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accumulation of carburetor ice following the loss of power in both engines as a result of fuel starvation. The reason for fuel starvation could not be determined."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
All engine powerloss
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» CAB File No. 5566-46
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.