ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322623
| Date: | Saturday 8 May 2004 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54P (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Brooks Air Fuel |
| Registration: | N44911 |
| MSN: | 10461 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 29667 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2000-4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ganes Creek, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Ganes Creek, AK |
| Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
In preparation for a flight to Fairbanks, the crew successfully started engines number 4,3, and 2 in succession. As the crew started engine number 1, an explosion occurred in the wing area between engines no. 1 and 2. Engine no. 1 and the remaining outboard section of the left wing separated from the rest of the wing. The crew applied engine power in the remaining engines and taxied away from the area of the explosion. The crew then stopped about mid-field and disembarked the airplane.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A fuel tank explosion in the left wing auxiliary fuel tank, and subsequent fuel fire that occurred during engine start for an undetermined reason."
Sources:
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| 7 May 2004 | N44911 | Brooks Fuel Inc. | 0 | McGrath, Alaska | |
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Images:
photo (c) Rolf Larsson; Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI); 05 May 1998
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