Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | jueves 5 enero 2006 |
Hora: | 17:04 |
Tipo: | Douglas C-54G (DC-4) |
Operador: | Buffalo Airways |
Registración: | C-GXKN |
Numéro de série: | 36090 |
Año de Construcción: | 1946 |
Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7M2 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Considerable |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Norman Wells Airport, NT (YVQ) ( Canadá)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Carga |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Norman Wells Airport, NT (YVQ/CYVQ), Canadá |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Yellowknife Airport, NT (YZF/CYZF), Canadá |
Número de Vuelo: | 1405 |
Descripción:The C-54 departed Norman Wells at 16:52. Six minutes later, the crew declared an emergency due to a fire in the number 2 engine. The no. 2 engine quit and the crew tried to extinguish the fire by activating the fire bottles. This did not extinguish the fire. They feathered the no. 2 propeller and simultaneously the no. 1 propeller feathered. The crew decided to perform an off-field forced landing, but then the engine fire extinguished. They made it back to Norman Wells where an emergency landing on two engines was carried out. The aircraft departed the runway and came to a halt in deep snow some 60 feet from the edge of the runway.
Probable Cause:
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors:
1. Airworthiness Directive AD 48-12-01 mandates the replacement of the potentially hazardous fuel line, but the line had not been replaced on this aircraft.
2. A fuel leak from the main fuel inlet line in the engine compartment of this cargo DC-4 caused an in-flight fire that spread into the nacelle and wing.
3. The fuel-fed fire burned for an extended period of time because turning the fuel selector off is not required as part of the primary Engine Fire Checklist.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB Canada |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 2 months | Accident number: | TSB Report A06W0002 | Download report: | Final report
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Fuentes:
» CADORS Number: 2006C0041
Fotos
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accident date:
05-01-2006type: Douglas C-54G (DC-4)
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accident date:
05-01-2006type: Douglas C-54G (DC-4)
registration: C-GXKN
accident date:
05-01-2006type: Douglas C-54G (DC-4)
registration: C-GXKN
accident date:
05-01-2006type: Douglas C-54G (DC-4)
registration: C-GXKN
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Norman Wells Airport, NT to Yellowknife Airport, NT as the crow flies is 675 km (422 miles).
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.