ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330001
| Date: | Thursday 27 December 1973 |
| Time: | 11:47 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A |
| Owner/operator: | Shawnee Airlines |
| Registration: | N19428 |
| MSN: | 11648 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near West Palm Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Orlando International Airport, FL (MCO/KMCO) |
| West Palm Beach International Airport, FL (PBI/KPBI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Both engines lost power as a result of fuel exhaustion. A forced landing on a road was carried out. The pilot had to take evasive action to avoid a collision with a truck. The airplane sustained substantial damage.
The aircraft was owned by Florida National Airways and leased to Shawnee Airlines for the Christmas period.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - mismanagement of fuel
miscellaneous acts,conditions - inattentive to fuel supply
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
miscellaneous acts,conditions - failure of two or more engines
pilot in command - diverted attention from operation of aircraft
pilot in command - failed to see and avoid objects or obstructions
miscellaneous - evasive maneuver to avoid collision
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-2 engines
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
The Palm Beach Post - Dec 29, 1973
The Crash Of Shawnee Airlines Flight 103
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