ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336872
Date: | Tuesday 14 October 1947 |
Time: | 10:04 |
Type: | Boeing 314A |
Owner/operator: | American International Airways |
Registration: | NC18612 |
MSN: | 2086 |
Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
Total airframe hrs: | 12000 hours |
Engine model: | Wright R-2600 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 69 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1390 km NE off Gander, NL, Canada -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Foynes |
Destination airport: | Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The crew were afraid of fuel exhaustion because of strong headwind over the Atlantic and decided to land their flying boat next to a US Coast Guard weather ship. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair after colliding with the ship. The aircraft was sunk by gunfire since it constituted a hazard for surface vessels.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper flight planning under conditions of an excess gross weight, resulting in a landing at sea."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
CAB File No. 1-0088
US Coast Guard documents
Location
Images:
photo (c) US Coast Guard; Atlantic Ocean; 14 October 1947; (publicdomain)
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