Accident
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 10 MAI 1958 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing S.307 Stratoliner |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Quaker City Airways |
| Kennzeichen: | N75385 |
| Werknummer: | 2002 |
| Baujahr: | 1940 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 24 km (15 Meilen) von Madras, OR (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Test |
| Flug von: | ? |
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Boeing Stratocruiser N75385 was taken out of storage and prepared for a ferry flight to determine fuel and oil consumption. Auxiliary gasoline tanks were installed in the cabin, but had not been tested prior to the flight, despite fuel leaks of an unknown origin. During the flight there was an explosion in the cabin and fire was seen coming from the accessory compartment. A forced landing was carried out on a mesa with grass-covered boulders; the plane burned out completely.
Informationsquelle:
» Air Pictorial 2/66 p.56
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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.
