Accident
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | Schlussbericht |
| Datum: | 18 JAN 1960 |
| Zeit: | 22:19 EST |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Capital Airlines |
| Kennzeichen: | N7462 |
| Werknummer: | 217 |
| Baujahr: | 1957 |
| Betriebsstunden: | 9247 |
| Triebwerk: | 4 Rolls Royce 510 Dart |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 46 / Insassen: 46 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 50 / Insassen: 50 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 11 km (6.9 Meilen) ENE of Charles City, VA (USA)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA), USA |
| Norfolk Municipal Airport, VA (ORF/KORF), USA | |
| Flugnummer: | 20 |
En route from Washington to Norfolk at an altitude of 8000 feet in icing conditions, two engines failed. While descending to a lower altitude, the remaining two engines also failed and the propellers autofeathered. The crew tried to restart the engines and put the aircraft into a dive trying to drive the propellers out of the feathered position as they were not able to unfeather them normally. Eventually they managed to restart engine no. 4. Applying full power to this engine caused the Viscount to enter a circling descent until it crashed into trees with almost no forward velocity.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to the delayed arming of the engine ice protection systems while flying in icy conditions, resulting in the loss of engine power and attendant electrical energy required to unfeather propellers and relight sufficient engines to maintain flight." Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Circular 64-AN/58 (100-107)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
Sicherheitsempfehlungen
Capital Airlines changed the emergency checklist by deleting the phrase 'descend to a warmer climate for relight' and instructed pilots that engine restart could be accomplished at any height, providing that the correct procedures were followed.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Washington-National Airport, DC to Norfolk Municipal Airport, VA as the crow flies is 228 km (143 miles).
Distance from Washington-National Airport, DC to Norfolk Municipal Airport, VA as the crow flies is 228 km (143 miles).
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.
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