ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330771
| Date: | Friday 16 July 1971 |
| Time: | 15:21 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-10-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | New England Propeller Service |
| Registration: | N74844 |
| MSN: | 26458/15013 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Windsor Locks, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL/KBDL) |
| Beverly Airport, MA (BVY/KBVY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Douglas DC-3 N74844 had not been flown for 10 months and was prepared for a ferry flight to Beverly. The pilot for the flight had no current DC-3 type rating; he had last flown a DC-3 in 1967. Shortly after takeoff one engine began to lose power. The pilot decided to return to the airport but the plane stalled and crashed while on final approach.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
miscellaneous acts,conditions - water in fuel
pilot in command - failed to obtain/maintain flying speed
FACTORS:
pilot in command - lack of familiarity with aircraft
partial power loss - partial loss of power - 1 engine
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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