Accident Canadair CL-44D4-2 G-ATZH,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329043

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Date:	Friday 2 September 1977
Time:	08:38
Type:	Canadair CL-44D4-2
Owner/operator:	Transmeridian Air Cargo
Registration:	G-ATZH
MSN:	21
Year of manufacture:	1961
Total airframe hrs:	29376 hours
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Tyne 515-12
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	5 km ENE off Waglan Island - Hong Kong
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH)
Destination airport:	Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD)
Investigating agency:	AIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The no. 4 engine failed shortly after takeoff. The prop was feathered, but a fire developed and the aircraft was seen to crash into the sea on fire, 8 minutes after takeoff.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "A loss of control following in-flight separation of the right-hand outboard wing section and the no.4 engine. These failures followed a no.4 engine failure, an internal engine fire and a fire in the aircraft fuel system eventually resulting in a massive external fire."

Accident investigation: