
Descripción:
The Zantop DC-3 was on a runway 21 ADF approach when it crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The loss of control of the aircraft at an altitude too low to effect recovery. The loss of control resulted from an accumulation of ice and the use of de-icer boots at low air speeds."
| Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Fecha: | miércoles 20 enero 1954 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas DC-3A |
| Operador: | Zantop Air Transport |
| Registración: | N49551 |
| Numéro de série: | 4940 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1942 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Kansas City, MO ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Jackson-Reynolds Municipal Airport, MI (JXN/KJXN), Estados Unidos de América |
| Kansas City-Fairfax Field, KS, Estados Unidos de América |
The Zantop DC-3 was on a runway 21 ADF approach when it crashed.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The loss of control of the aircraft at an altitude too low to effect recovery. The loss of control resulted from an accumulation of ice and the use of de-icer boots at low air speeds."
Accident investigation:
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Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (49-51)Fotos
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Distance from Jackson-Reynolds Municipal Airport, MI to Kansas City-Fairfax Field, KS as the crow flies is 916 km (572 miles).
Distance from Jackson-Reynolds Municipal Airport, MI to Kansas City-Fairfax Field, KS as the crow flies is 916 km (572 miles).
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