ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332702
| Date: | Saturday 13 February 1965 |
| Time: | 04:20 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Aerolineas El Salvador - AESA |
| Registration: | YS-012C |
| MSN: | 127 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Miami, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
| San Salvador/Ilopango International Airport (SAL/MSSS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The no. 1 engine failed shortly after takeoff. The propeller could not be feathered, presumably due to oil contamination. A crash-landing was carried out near Miami and the airplane came to rest in an automobile junk yard.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
powerplant - engine structure: crankshaft
miscellaneous acts, conditions - fatigue fracture
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate maintenance and inspection
FACTOR(S):
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly loaded aircraft-weight-and/or c.g.
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-1 engine
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on land
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
El Tiempo 14 February 1965, p1+3
NTSB File A-0002
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