ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337274
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Date: | Thursday 4 July 1946 |
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Type: | Bristol 170 Wayfarer IIA |
Owner/operator: | Bristol Aeroplane Company |
Registration: | G-AHJB |
MSN: | 12734 |
Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 198 km E off Aracaju, Brazil -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Bathurst-Jeswang Airport |
Destination airport: | Natal Airport, RN (NAT/SBNT) |
Narrative:While on a delivery flight to Argentina fuel shortage forced the crew to ditch the plane. The crewmembers were rescued by an American Steamer.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A powerplant failure resulting from shortage of fuel due to faulty navigation."
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