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) |
Destination airport: | Pittsburgh-Greater Pittsburgh Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC66A0053 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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