ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324106
| Date: | Friday 7 November 1997 |
| Time: | 19:56 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3C) |
| Owner/operator: | McNeely Charter Service |
| Registration: | N59316 |
| MSN: | 18986 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 24516 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | West Memphis, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport, MS (GPT/KGPT) |
| West Memphis Municipal Airport, AR (AWM/KAWM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Both engines quit on approach to West Memphis. A gear up landing was made on a sand bar in the Mississippi River. The no. 1 engine separated on impact.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command's improper management of fuel resulting in a total loss of engine power on both engines during an instrument approach due to fuel exhaustion. "
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
FAA
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 November 1997 | N59316 | Mcneeley Charter Services Inc. | 0 | Memphis, TN | |
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| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; West Memphis Municipal Airport, AR (AWM); February 1993
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