Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | samedi 28 décembre 1946 |
Heure: | 09:19 |
Type/Sous-type: | Douglas C-50A-DO (DC-3) |
Compagnie: | American Airlines |
Immatriculation: | NC15577 |
Numéro de série: | 4805 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1941 |
Heures de vol: | 11920 |
Moteurs: | 2 Wright R-1820-G102 |
Equipage: | victimes: 2 / Ã bord: 3 |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 18 |
Total: | victimes: 2 / Ã bord: 21 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | Michigan City, IN ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
Aéroport de départ: | Detroit (unknown airport), MI, Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Aéroport de destination: | Chicago (unknown airport), IL, Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Numéro de vol: | AA2207 |
Détails: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:
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."
Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
» CAB File No. 5566-46
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