ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331056
| Date: | Monday 27 July 1970 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Type: |  Consolidated P4Y-2 Privateer |
| Owner/operator: | Rosenbalm Aviation |
| Registration: | N3191G |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Diamond Lake, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Medford Municipal Airport, OR (MFR/KMFR) |
| Medford Municipal Airport, OR (MFR/KMFR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The engines of the PBY-2 fire fighting plane flamed out as a result of fuel exhaustion. The airplane was ditched in Diamond Lake, Oregon.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - mismanagement of fuel
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - jettisoned load
miscellaneous acts,conditions - failure of two or more engines
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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