Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 JUL 1983 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-35-DL |
| Operator: | Chevron Oil |
| Registration: | N480F |
| C/n / msn: | 9719 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Khartoum (Sudan) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS), Sudan |
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The no. 2 engine had to be feathered due to a failure shortly after take-off. The remaining no. 1 engine then gave problems, forcing the crew to make a belly landing.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Fuel contamination.
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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.
