ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329624
| Date: | Sunday 11 May 1975 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049H-01-06-162 Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Aircraft Specialties |
| Registration: | N45516 |
| MSN: | 4840 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Mesa, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Mesa-Falcon Field, AZ (MSC/KFFZ) |
| Kansas City (unknown airport), MO | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Power loss on all 4 engines forced the crew to carry out a forced landing in the desert. The aircraft collided with trees and a playhouse. The power loss was caused by running out of anti-detonant injection (ADI) fluid.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - inadequate supervision of flight
powerplant - engine structure: other
powerplant - miscellaneous: detonation
terrain - high obstructions
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overheated
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-4 engines
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC); June 1972
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