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Datum: | Donnerstag 21 Februar 1952 |
Zeit: | 14:10 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando |
Fluggesellschaft: | Varig |
Kennzeichen: | PP-VCB |
Werknummer: | 26641 |
Baujahr: | 1943 |
Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | Guanabara Bay, RJ ( Brasilien)
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Flugphase: | Start (TOF) |
Betriebsart: | Unbekannt |
Flug von: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brasilien |
Flug nach: | ? |
Unfallbericht:No.1 engine failure on climb out. The prop was not feathered, causing the aircraft to enter a stall. The aircraft came down in Guanabara Bay.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Port engine failure for reasons undetermined. 2) Error of judgement by the pilot in not feathering the port propeller."
Informationsquelle:
» Folha da Manha 21 February 1952
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.