Accident
Last updated: 12 December 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | Montag 30 März 1959 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Riddle Airlines |
| Kennzeichen: | N7840B |
| Werknummer: | 30242 |
| Baujahr: | 1944 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Alma, GA (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Unbekannt (UNK) |
| Betriebsart: | Frachtflug |
| Flug von: | Orlando International Airport, FL (MCO/KMCO), USA |
| ? | |
| Flugnummer: | 402 |
An unguarded light bulb came into contact with combustible cargo in the aft lower cargo compartment causing a fire. The fire penetrated the cargo compartment wall, burned through combustible fluid carrying lines and ignited the fluids. The plane passed over Alma, GA at that moment and the crew reported that they were on fire and that they were experiencing control problems. Shortly afterwards the aircraft lost control and crashed.
Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 (112-113)Fotos
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.
