ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330329
| Date: | Friday 17 November 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3C) |
| Owner/operator: | S & H Aviation Sales |
| Registration: | CF-FOL |
| MSN: | 25483/14038 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 160 km E off St. Johns, NL, Canada -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF) |
| St. John's Airport, NL (YYT/CYYT) |
The pilot had to ditch the aircraft due to a double engine failure, caused by fuel exhaustion.
PROBABLE CAUSES: Pilot, inexperienced in transatlantic flights, didn't accept the forecaster's suggested route (to Goose Bay or Gander, because of much lower headwinds). The average ground speed during the flight had been 112km/h, while the crew expected to fly 150km/h.
Sources:
Douglas DC-3 Production List (Issue no. 28)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Bob Hobbs / NA3T; Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN); 09 November 1972
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