Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 JUN 1966 |
| Time: | 11:15 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3-208 |
| Operator: | Aeronaut Air Services |
| Registration: | N17337 |
| C/n / msn: | 1962 |
| First flight: | 1937 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Long Beach, MS (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport, MS (GPT/KGPT), United States of America |
| New Orleans (unknown airport), LA, United States of America |
The no. 2 engine failed on climb out and the crew attempted to return to the airport. The pilot-in-command failed to maintain flying speed and the aircraft stalled and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "No.3 piston failed due to oil starvation resulting from inadequate maintenance and inspection." Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
