Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 AUG 1975 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL |
| Operator: | Somali Airlines |
| Registration: | 6O-SAC |
| C/n / msn: | 20424 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bossaso Airport (BSA) (Somalia) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bossaso Airport (BSA/HCMF), Somalia |
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The no. 1 engine failed shortly after take-off. Altitude couldn't be maintained and the aircraft crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The engine failed due to fuel contamination. Aircraft weight and atmospheric high temperature prevented the crew to maintain altitude.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
