Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | vendredi 16 août 1957 |
Type/Sous-type: | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation |
Compagnie: | Varig |
Immatriculation: | PP-VDA |
Numéro de série: | 4610 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1955 |
Equipage: | victimes: 1 / Ã bord: 11 |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
Total: | victimes: 1 / Ã bord: 11 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | 0,5 km (0.3 milles) de Cabarete ( République Dominicaine)
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Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
Nature: | Convoyage |
Aéroport de départ: | Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport (SDQ/MDSD), République Dominicaine |
Aéroport de destination: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Détails:The aircraft arrived at Ciudad Trujillo on the morning of 16 August with the no. 2 engine inoperative. It was decided to continue to New York via Miami on just three engines. Carrying only the crew, the Super Constellation took off at 15:16 GMT with the no. 2 propeller feathered. Some 50 minutes later, the no. 4 prop oversped. The flight crew were not able to control or feather the propeller and ultimately the prop tore free and damaged the no. 3 propeller as it parted. The no. 3 prop was feathered; only the no. 1 engine remained operative now. Ciudad Trujillo could not be reached, forcing the crew to ditch the aircraft parallel to the coast at about 500 m offshore. The aircraft sank to a depth of about 40 feet.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Due to the fact that three of its engines were inoperative, the aircraft had to be ditched in the sea."
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.9, Circular 56-AN/51 (152-153)
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport et Miami International Airport, FL est de 1358 km (849 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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 tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.