Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 28 DIC 1946 |
| Hora: | 09:19 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-50A-DO (DC-3) |
| Operador: | American Airlines |
| Registración: | NC15577 |
| Numéro de série: | 4805 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1941 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 11920 |
| Motores: | 2 Wright G-102 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 21 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Michigan City, IN (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Detroit (unknown airport), MI, Estados Unidos de América |
| Chicago (unknown airport), IL, Estados Unidos de América | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 2207 |
DC-3 NC15577 departed Michigan at 07:48, about six minutes behind schedule on an instrument flight plan to cruise at 2,500 feet to Chicago. At 08:40 the flight was instructed by Chicago ARTCC to climb to 4,000 feet, which altitude it was supposed to stay at until 10 minutes past South Bend. At 09:18 the pilot reported: "Both engines going bad descending at 1,000 feet per minute looking for opening. Altitude is at present 900 feet." Chicago suggested to return to South Bend, but the DC-3 could not make it and crash-landed near Michigan City.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accumulation of carburetor ice following the loss of power in both engines as a result of fuel starvation. The reason for fuel starvation could not be determined." Fuentes:
» CAB File No. 5566-46
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