| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Friday 18 January 1946 |
| Time: | 11:03 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-201E |
| Operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | NC19970 |
| MSN: | 3254 |
| First flight: | 1940 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 22028 |
| Engines: | 2 Wright R-1820-G202A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Cheshire, CT ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA), United States of America |
| Boston Commonwealth Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | EA105 |
Just over half an hour after takeoff, a no. 1 engine nacelle fire started and spread, causing the left wing to collapse upward and backward. Control was lost and the aircraft spiralled to the ground. The engine fire was caused by the failure of fuel line of fuel line connection.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was failure of the left wing in flight due to an engine fire caused by failure of a fuel line of fuel line connection."
Classification:
Engine fire Wing failure
Loss of control
Sources:
» CAB File No. 144-46Photos
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Distance from New York-La Guardia Airport, NY to Boston Commonwealth Airport, MA as the crow flies is 295 km (184 miles).
Distance from New York-La Guardia Airport, NY to Boston Commonwealth Airport, MA as the crow flies is 295 km (184 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Douglas DC-3
- ca 13.000 built
- 2242nd loss
- 703rd fatal accident
- 92nd worst accident (at the time)
- 305th worst accident (currently)
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