ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329624
Date: | Sunday 11 May 1975 |
Time: | 16:40 |
Type: | Lockheed L-1049H-01-06-162 Super Constellation |
Owner/operator: | Aircraft Specialties |
Registration: | N45516 |
MSN: | 4840 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Mesa, AZ -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Mesa-Falcon Field, AZ (MSC/KFFZ) |
Destination airport: | Kansas City (unknown airport), MO |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Power loss on all 4 engines forced the crew to carry out a forced landing in the desert. The aircraft collided with trees and a playhouse. The power loss was caused by running out of anti-detonant injection (ADI) fluid.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - inadequate supervision of flight
powerplant - engine structure: other
powerplant - miscellaneous: detonation
terrain - high obstructions
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overheated
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-4 engines
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX75AL061 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC); June 1972
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