Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 13 FEB 1965 |
| Time: | 04:20 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando |
| Operator: | Aerolineas El Salvador - AESA |
| Registration: | YS-012C |
| C/n / msn: | 127 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Miami, FL (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
| San Salvador/Ilopango International Airport (SAL/MSSS), El Salvador |
The no. 1 engine failed shortly after takeoff. The propeller could not be feathered, presumably due to oil contamination. A crash-landing was carried out near Miami and the airplane came to rest in an automobile junkyard.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
powerplant - engine structure: crankshaft
miscellaneous acts, conditions - fatigue fracture
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate maintenance and inspection
FACTOR(S):
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly loaded aircraft-weight-and/or c.g.
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-1 engine
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on land Sources:
» NTSB File A-0002
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
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 Miami International Airport, FL to San Salvador/Ilopango International Airport as the crow flies is 1620 km (1013 miles).
Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to San Salvador/Ilopango International Airport as the crow flies is 1620 km (1013 miles).
