ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335824
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Date: | Tuesday 24 July 1951 |
Time: | 05:45 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3-455 |
Owner/operator: | Sabena |
Registration: | OO-CBA |
MSN: | 6327 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Gao Airport (GAQ) -
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Gao Airport (GAQ/GAGO) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Upon takeoff from runway 25 at Gao Airport, the DC-3 reached a height of about ten metres when it made a left hand turn of about 90 degrees. Slowly climbing to a height of thirty metres, the aircraft turned another 90 degrees, continuing downwind parallel to the runway. During a third left hand turn the aircraft sideslipped with the left hand wing contacting the ground. The aircraft then impacted the ground and a fire erupted.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the right engine at takeoff (traces of fire). A rupture of the hydraulic circuit with oil projection in the cockpit would have increased maneuver difficulties by restricting visibility in the cockpit"
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