ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332357
| Date: | Monday 27 June 1966 |
| Time: | 11:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-208 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronaut Air Services |
| Registration: | N17337 |
| MSN: | 1962 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Beach, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport, MS (GPT/KGPT) |
| New Orleans-Moisant Field, LA (MSY/KMSY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The no. 2 engine failed on climb out and the crew attempted to return to the airport. The pilot-in-command failed to maintain flying speed and the aircraft stalled and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "No.3 piston failed due to oil starvation resulting from inadequate maintenance and inspection."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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