Date: | Sunday 24 May 1953 |
Time: | 04:18 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3C) |
Owner/operator: | Meteor Air Transport |
Registration: | N53596 |
MSN: | 20433 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Total airframe hrs: | 10923 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Teterboro Airport, NJ (TEB/KTEB) |
Destination airport: | Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Despite the weather, the crew started a circling approach after passing the outer marker. During the circle approach, the no. 2 engine quit due to fuel mismanagement. Control was lost during a left turn and the DC-3 struck the ground. According to some production lists the airplane was repaired. This seems somewhat unlikely since the CAB reported the plane to be 'demolished' as a result of the accident.
The tail section remained more or less intact and may have been used in rebuilding a DC-3 as reported in the production lists.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Mismanagement of fuel resulting in loss of power and control while circling the field preparatory to an approach for landing."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
CAB File No. 1-0029
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 39-AN/34 (84-88)
Images:
photo (c) Pat Bukiri; Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW); 1946
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