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Date: | Thursday 15 March 2001 |
Time: | 21:30 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Jim Hankins Air Service |
Registration: | N842MB |
MSN: | 19741 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Donalsonville, GA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Panama City-Bay County International Airport, FL (PFN/KPFN) |
Destination airport: | Albany-Dougherty County Airport, GA (ABY/KABY) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During cruise flight, at 5000 feet, the pilot heard a loud "bang". The right hand engine was on fire and the engine was shut down. When the pilot attempted to feather propeller, the propeller did not feather. When the pilot pulled the extinguishing agent for the right engine, the engine separated from the aircraft. The airplane then lost hydraulic pressure. The pilot established visual contact with Donalsonville Municipal Airport, and made an emergency landing on runway 18 without further incident. The right engine was found ten miles southwest of Donalsonville Municipal Airport, in the backyard of a farmer's home.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure and separation of No.12 cylinder from the engine case that resulted in an in-flight oil fed fire; and the subsequent separation of the right engine from airframe."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL01FA040 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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photo (c) Steve Leonard; Donalsonville, GA; 16 March 2001
photo (c) Steve Leonard; Donalsonville, GA; 16 March 2001
photo (c) Steve Leonard; Donalsonville, GA; 16 March 2001
photo (c) Steve Leonard; Donalsonville, GA; 16 March 2001
photo (c) Steve Leonard; Donalsonville, GA; 16 March 2001
photo (c) Steve Leonard; Donalsonville, GA; 16 March 2001
photo (c) Steve Leonard; Donalsonville, GA; 16 March 2001
photo (c) Steve Leonard; Donalsonville, GA; 16 March 2001
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Naples Airport, FL (APF); 08 August 1986
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