Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | 01 DEC 1955 |
| Heure: | 10:00 UTC |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas C-47B-28-DK |
| Compagnie: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Immatriculation: | PP-CCC |
| Numéro de série: | 15845/32593 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1945 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Total: | victimes: 6 / à bord: 6 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Belém, PA (Brésil) |
| Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA (BEL/SBBE), Brésil |
| Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brésil |
The Cruzeiro DC-3 took off from Belém at 09:57 GMT. At a height of 100-250m the no. 1 engine stalled and lost power. The crew switched off the hydraulic pump, causing the undercarriage to stop retracting half way. The resulting drag caused the aircraft to lose altitude. With the no. 1 prop windmilling and the no. 2 engine at full power, the left wing struck a tree. A wing section of 2,5m broke off causing the aircraft to enter a stall. The DC-3 hit the ground 200m further on an caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the front bearing of the propeller shaft originated a process which led to disconnection of the reduction gear and left propeller and causing sudden stoppage of the left engine." Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (213-214)
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