Détails:
During cruise flight, at 5000 feet, the pilot heard a loud "bang". The right hand engine was on fire and the engine was shut down. When the pilot attempted to feather propeller, the propeller did not feather. When the pilot pulled the extinguishing agent for the right engine, the engine separated from the aircraft. The airplane then lost hydraulic pressure. The pilot established visual contact with Donalsonville Municipal Airport, and made an emergency landing on runway 18 without further incident. The right engine was found ten miles southwest of Donalsonville Municipal Airport, in the backyard of a farmer's home.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure and separation of No.12 cylinder from the engine case that resulted in an in-flight oil fed fire; and the subsequent separation of the right engine from airframe."
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | jeudi 15 mars 2001 |
| Heure: | 21:30 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | Jim Hankins Air Service |
| Immatriculation: | N842MB |
| Numéro de série: | 19741 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90D |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Donalsonville, GA ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Panama City-Bay County International Airport, FL (PFN/KPFN), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Albany-Dougherty County Airport, GA (ABY/KABY), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 41 |
During cruise flight, at 5000 feet, the pilot heard a loud "bang". The right hand engine was on fire and the engine was shut down. When the pilot attempted to feather propeller, the propeller did not feather. When the pilot pulled the extinguishing agent for the right engine, the engine separated from the aircraft. The airplane then lost hydraulic pressure. The pilot established visual contact with Donalsonville Municipal Airport, and made an emergency landing on runway 18 without further incident. The right engine was found ten miles southwest of Donalsonville Municipal Airport, in the backyard of a farmer's home.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure and separation of No.12 cylinder from the engine case that resulted in an in-flight oil fed fire; and the subsequent separation of the right engine from airframe."
Accident investigation:
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Photos
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
accident date: 15-03-2001
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: N842MB
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Panama City-Bay County International Airport, FL et Albany-Dougherty County Airport, GA est de 203 km (127 miles).
La distance entre Panama City-Bay County International Airport, FL et Albany-Dougherty County Airport, GA est de 203 km (127 miles).
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