ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335671
Date: | Monday 4 February 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Sabena |
Registration: | OO-CBN |
MSN: | 13450 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 20 km from Kikwit -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Costermansville Airport (BKY/FZMA) |
Destination airport: | Léopoldville-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) |
Narrative:A propeller failed in-flight. Debris cut some cables, causing a loss of control.
The C-47 was en route from Costermansville (now Bukavu) to Leopoldville (now Kinshasa).
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The control cables in the fuselage were sheared by the right propeller which had been projected following a shaft failure caused by the sudden stopping of the engine caused by fatigue failure of No. 6 piston lug."
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 53)
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