ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337239
| Date: | Wednesday 14 August 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AGHT |
| MSN: | 10103 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA) -
 Malta
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) |
The no. 1 engine failed shortly after takeoff. On final the remaining engine also lost power. The pilot attempted to reach the runway by making a diving turn to the left. The DC-3 landed hard, bounced and slid and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The port engine and, later, the starboard engine failed as the result of fuel starvation. Circumstantial evidence suggests strongly that this was caused by the inadvertent selection of the auxiliary fuel tanks which at that time contained only a small amount of fuel."
Sources:
The Civil Aircraft Registers of Great Britain
WAAS
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