Date: | Wednesday 6 October 1937 |
Time: | 12:30 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3-194B |
Owner/operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
Registration: | PH-ALS |
MSN: | 1940 |
Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 12 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Palembang-Talang Betoetoe Airport (PLM) -
Indonesia
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Palembang-Talang Betoetoe Airport (PLM/WIPP) |
Destination airport: | Singapore (unknown airport) |
Narrative:The Douglas DC-3, named "Specht", crashed immediately after takeoff. Three crew members and one passenger died. The co-pilot and seven passengers survived.
A connecting rod in the no.1 engine had failed, causing a fuel fed fire. The pilot cut the fuel flow to the engine, but the aircraft was unable to gain height on one engine. It impacted terrain.
Sources:
Opsomming van de bekende ongevallen en incidenten in 1937 / Herman Dekker Location
Images:
photo (c) Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures; Palembang-Talang Betoetoe Airport (PLM); October 1937; (CC:by-sa)
photo (c) Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures; Palembang-Talang Betoetoe Airport (PLM); October 1937; (CC:by-sa)
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