ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329739
Date: | Wednesday 1 January 1975 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Air O'Hare |
Registration: | N9BC |
MSN: | 9510 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Fort Lauderdale, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Freeport-Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO/MYGF) |
Destination airport: | Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The no. 2 prop had to be feathered because the engine RPM exceeded 3000 and couldn't be controlled. The no. 1 engine then overheated and lost power. A ditching was carried out off Fort Lauderdale.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
powerplant - miscellaneous: powerplant failure for undetermined reasons
FACTORS:
powerplant - propeller and accessories: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - rpm-uncontrollable-overspeed
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-1 engine
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on water
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA75AM041 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD); October 1974
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