ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335385
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| Date: | Friday 27 March 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B |
| Owner/operator: | Transportes Aéreos Salvador |
| Registration: | PP-SLG |
| MSN: | 14004 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Itapebi, BA -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Itapebi, BA |
Half way down the runway, the no. 2 engine suffered a loss of power. The takeoff was abandoned, but the Heron could not be stopped on the remaining runway. The aircraft overran and was damaged beyond repair as a result.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Error of judgement on the part of the pilot in not continuing the takeoff with three engines still operating."
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