Détails:
Flight 8 took off at 16:00, one hour behind schedule, and proceeded according to plan to a cruising altitude of 10,000 feet for Burbank on an instrument clearance. It reported over Fresno on schedule cruising at 10,000 feet and estimated Bakersfield at 17:35. Near Hanford, the plane was seen to enter a rapidly forming thunderstorm in cumulo-nimbus clouds. The DC-3 entered an inverted flying attitude, probably due to severe turbulence. The plane than broke up and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "On the basis of all the evidence available the Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the airplane's structure as a result of severe turbulence. An important contributing cause was the fact that the airplane was undoubtedly in an abnormal attitude of flight, i.e., inverted, at the instant of structural failure. The cause of the airplane becoming inverted has not been determined."
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | samedi 4 novembre 1944 |
| Heure: | 17:30 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas DC-3-454 |
| Compagnie: | Transcontinental & Western Air - TWA |
| Immatriculation: | NC28310 |
| Numéro de série: | 4992 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1940 |
| Heures de vol: | 13167 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Wright R-1820-G100 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 21 / à bord: 21 |
| Total: | victimes: 24 / à bord: 24 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Hanford, CA ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 8 |
Flight 8 took off at 16:00, one hour behind schedule, and proceeded according to plan to a cruising altitude of 10,000 feet for Burbank on an instrument clearance. It reported over Fresno on schedule cruising at 10,000 feet and estimated Bakersfield at 17:35. Near Hanford, the plane was seen to enter a rapidly forming thunderstorm in cumulo-nimbus clouds. The DC-3 entered an inverted flying attitude, probably due to severe turbulence. The plane than broke up and crashed.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "On the basis of all the evidence available the Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the airplane's structure as a result of severe turbulence. An important contributing cause was the fact that the airplane was undoubtedly in an abnormal attitude of flight, i.e., inverted, at the instant of structural failure. The cause of the airplane becoming inverted has not been determined."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
» CAB File No. 3640-44Photos
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 San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA et Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA est de 521 km (326 miles).
La distance entre San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA et Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA est de 521 km (326 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.
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