ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334277
Date: | Tuesday 25 March 1958 |
Time: | 00:06 |
Type: | Douglas DC-7C |
Owner/operator: | Braniff International Airways |
Registration: | N5904 |
MSN: | 45072/793 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3306 hours |
Engine model: | Wright R-3350 (988TC18EA1) |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 24 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 5 km WNW of Miami International Airport, FL (MIA) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Destination airport: | Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY/MPTO) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Shortly after takeoff from Miami a no. 3 engine fire forced the crew to return to the airport. Altitude was lost while in a right turn until the DC-7 crashed in an open marsh. The plane caught fire and disintegrated while skidding for a considerable distance.
The no.3 engine's no.11 cylinder had failed 3 inches above the mounting flange.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the captain to maintain altitude during an emergency return to the airport due to his undue preoccupation with an engine fire following takeoff."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (104-108)
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