ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332514
| Date: | Tuesday 9 November 1965 |
| Time: | 19:34 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Federal Aviation Agency - FAA |
| Registration: | N52 |
| MSN: | 20419 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Coraopolis, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Pittsburgh-Greater Pittsburgh Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT) |
| Pittsburgh-Greater Pittsburgh Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The C-47 aircraft operated on a flight to check the ILS of the Greater Pittsburgh Airport in Pennsylvania, USA. During the flight both engines lost power as a result fuel starvation. The flight crew carried out a forced landing during which the aircraft struck trees.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
powerplant - fuel system: selector valves
pilot in command - mismanagement of fuel
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel starvation
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - failure of two or more engines
miscellaneous acts,conditions - leak/leakage
miscellaneous acts,conditions - inattentive to fuel supply
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-2 engines
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on land
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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