Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 JUL 1970 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-7CF |
| Operator: | ARCO Bermuda |
| Registration: | VR-BCT |
| C/n / msn: | 44875/668 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire) |
| Phase: | En route / landing (ENR/LDG) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
While on a three engine (no. 4 feathered) ferry flight, the aircraft passed over Abidjan at 14:00 at an altitude of FL60. At 14:34 the no. 3 engine exploded and fell from the aircraft six minutes later. A belly landing was made on a sandy area West of the Abidjan runway.
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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.
