| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 02 JAN 1949 |
| Heure: | 22:03 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas C-47A-50-DL |
| Compagnie: | Seattle Air Charter |
| Immatriculation: | NC79025 |
| Numéro de série: | 10181 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1943 |
| Heures de vol: | 5419 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90D |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 11 / à bord: 27 |
| Total: | victimes: 14 / à bord: 30 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | Au décollage (TOF) |
| Nature: | Charter National |
| Aéroport de départ: | Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI/KBFI), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Aéroport de destination: | New Haven Airport, CT (HVN/KHVN), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Détails:Departure from Seattle was delayed due to ground fog. De-icing attempts were partially successful as the plane was prepared for departure. Although visibility was below minima, clearance was given for takeoff. At 1800 feet into the takeoff roll the DC-3 became airborne. The left wing then struck the ground and dragged for 117 feet. The DC-3 landed back outside the runway and continued until striking a hangar, bursting into flames.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the attempt to take off in an airplane which had formations of ice and frost on the surfaces of the wings."
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 48)
» CAB File No. 1-0002
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA et New Haven Airport, CT est de 3891 km (2432 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.