ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331697
Date: | Monday 9 December 1968 |
Time: | 18:30 |
Type: | Lockheed L-1649A Starliner |
Owner/operator: | Fly by Night Safaris |
Registration: | N7314C |
MSN: | 1016 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 104 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Prior to departure from Las Vegas (LAS), the airplane was erroneously serviced with jet fuel. On takeoff the Starliner became airborne prior to V2 speed. A partial loss of power forced the pilot to carry out a belly landing. Parts of the propellers broke of as they contact the runway. Fragments punctured the fuselage.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: improperly serviced aircraft (ground crew)
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel contamination-exclusive of water in fuel
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel grade-improper
pilot in command - premature lift-off
miscellaneous acts,conditions - intentional wheels-up
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | OAK70A0036 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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