ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329923
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Date: | Thursday 4 April 1974 |
Time: | 02:35 |
Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Owner/operator: | Wenela Air Services |
Registration: | A2-ZER |
MSN: | 27242 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 78 / Occupants: 84 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3,6 km from Francistown Airport (FRW) -
Botswana
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Francistown Airport (FRW/FBFT) |
Destination airport: | Blantyre-Chileka Airport (BLZ/FWCL) |
Narrative:The DC-4 took off from Francistown runway 11 at 02:32. The engine temperatures started to rise, even after opening the gills. When temperatures exceeded the limit, the engines started backfiring. A left hand circuit was made to return to the airport, but the aircraft kept descending and crash-landed 3600 m short of the runway. The aircraft struck some trees and burst into flames.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Powerloss on all 4 engines due to fuel contamination. A load of Jet A1 (Avtur) fuel had been unloaded in one of the Aviation gasoline (Avgas) tanks, causing a contamination of 25-30%.
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