Flugunfall 16 FEB 1963 einer Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando N616Z - Puyallup, WA
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Datum:Samstag 16 Februar 1963
Zeit:18:26
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando
Fluggesellschaft:Zantop Air Transport
Kennzeichen: N616Z
Werknummer: 22590
Baujahr: 1945
Betriebsstunden:17683
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:Puyallup, WA (   USA)
Flugphase: Annäherung (APR)
Betriebsart:Frachtflug
Flug von:Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM), USA
Flug nach:Great Falls-Malmstrom AFB, MT (GFA/KGFA), USA
Flugnummer: 60-16
Unfallbericht:
The no. 1 engine failed, 7 minutes after departure from McChord AFB. Attempts to feather the propeller failed. During the diversion to Thunfield the prop intermittently oversped.
The plane came in high, so a go-around was initiated. At a height of 200 feet the prop oversped and the aircraft apparently stalled. It struck the ground left-wingtip-first and nose-low.
It appeared that a the throttle control rod that connects the throttle arm to the jack shaft at the carburetor control arm had separated.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The improper handling of an emergency situation, precipitated by a mechanical malfunction, which resulted in an unsuccessful single-engine go-around. A contributing factor was the failure of Radar Approach Control to provide complete and accurate airfield data to the pilot."

Accident investigation:

Investigating agency: CAB
Status: Investigation completed
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Informationsquelle:
» CAB Accident Report File No.1-0004
» ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume I, Circular 78-AN/66 (21-26)


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Distance from Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA to Great Falls-Malmstrom AFB, MT as the crow flies is 845 km (528 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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