ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337005
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Date: | Friday 4 April 1947 |
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Type: | Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | International Air Freight |
Registration: | NC52710 |
MSN: | 19095 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL (LNA) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL (LNA/KLNA) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The no. 2 engine failed on takeoff just before the crew could raise the landing gear. The pilot failed to feather the propeller. The DC-3 had insufficient airspeed and headed for an obstruction. The pilot then cut both engines and ditched the plane in a lake.
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