Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 18 ENE 1946 |
| Hora: | 11:03 |
| Tipo: | Douglas DC-3-201E |
| Operador: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registración: | NC19970 |
| Numéro de série: | 3254 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1940 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 22028 |
| Motores: | 2 Wright R-1820-G-202A |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 14 / Ocupantes: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 17 / Ocupantes: 17 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Cheshire, CT (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA), Estados Unidos de América |
| Boston Commonwealth Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS), Estados Unidos de América | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 105 |
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: "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." Fuentes:
» CAB File No. 144-46
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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).
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Douglas DC-3
- 1173rd loss
- ca 13.000 built
- 56th worst accident (a la hora)
- 257th worst accident (actualmente)
Estados Unidos de América- 19th worst accident (a la hora)
- 203rd worst accident (actualmente)