| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 23 SEP 1962 |
| Heure: | 22:00 UTC |
| Type/Sous-type: | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation |
| Compagnie: | Flying Tiger Line |
| Immatriculation: | N6923C |
| Numéro de série: | 4827 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1958 |
| Heures de vol: | 15800 |
| Moteurs: | 4 Wright R-3350-988-TC18-EA6 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 8 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 23 / à bord: 68 |
| Total: | victimes: 28 / à bord: 76 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 800 km (500 milles) W de Shannon, Ireland (Océan Atlantique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Charter International |
| Aéroport de départ: | Gander Airport, NF (YQX/CYQX), Canada |
| Aéroport de destination: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF), Allemagne |
| Numéro de vol: | 923 |
Détails:The Super Constellation departed Gander at 17:09 GMT for a military (MATS) charter flight to Frankfurt. Three hours later, at FL210 a fire developed in the no. 3 engine, which was shut down and the propeller feathered. The no. 1 engine oversped 5 minutes later when the flight engineer closed the no. 1 engine firewall shut-off valve in error. The crew were not able to restart the engine, and wanted to divert to Shannon with METO power on the no. 4 engine and reduced power on engine no. 2. The no. 2 engine lost power and finally failed, forcing the crew to carry out a ditching. The left wing broke off, but the fuselage remained intact. The cabin filled with water fast and the aircraft sank nose first in about 10 minutes.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of two of the aircraft's four engines, and improper action of the flight engineer which disabled a third engine thereby necessitating a ditching at sea."
Sources:
» Ditch or crash-land?/B.W. Townshend, 1965 (36-46)
» ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume I, Circular 71-AN/63 (60-66)
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Gander Airport, NF et Frankfurt International Airport est de 4390 km (2744 miles).
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 tels qui sont connus à ce jour.