ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332562
Date: | Monday 13 September 1965 |
Time: | 09:00 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Zantop Air Transport |
Registration: | N5132B |
MSN: | 32700 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Total airframe hrs: | 17520 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Dover AFB, DE (DOV) -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Dover AFB, DE (DOV/KDOV) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A false engine fire warning caused the propeller to feather. The crew tried to land back at Dover, but the undercarriage would not lock down because of a hydraulic pressure leak in the windshield wiper. A forced landing near the airport was carried out.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
systems - fire warning system: powerplant
systems - hydraulic system: seals
miscellaneous acts, conditions - hydraulic failure
FACTOR(S)
weather - low ceiling
weather - rain
weather briefing - unknown/not reported
weather forecast - unknown/not reported
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on land
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC66A0034 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB File 1-0058
Location
Images:
photo (c) Howard Kukla; Dover AFB, DE (DOV); September 1965
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