Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 APR 1967 |
| Type: | Douglas C-133B-DL Cargomaster |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 59-0534 |
| C/n / msn: | 45585 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney T34-P-9W |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) off Okinawa (Japan) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Okinawa-Kadena AFB (DNA/RODN), Japan |
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Just after takeoff, power was lost and airplane was ditched approximately 34 miles off the east coast of Okinawa. Primary cause was material failure in propeller electrical system. Either/both the propeller control circuit and the propeller power circuit failed, causing a fixed pitch condition leading to engine flameout.
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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.
