Descripción:
The no. 2 engine failed immediately after takeoff. Returning to the airport, the DC-3 lost height and crash-landed.
One passenger and the captain were injured.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Error of judgement on the part of the pilot in not feathering or reducing power on the defective engine."
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | domingo 15 marzo 1953 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-47A-DK (DC-3) |
| Operador: | Transportes Aéreos Catarinense |
| Registración: | PP-AJA |
| Numéro de série: | 11844 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1943 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 6 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Salvador-Dois de Julho Airport, BA (SSA) ( Brasil)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Salvador-Dois de Julho International Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV), Brasil |
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The no. 2 engine failed immediately after takeoff. Returning to the airport, the DC-3 lost height and crash-landed.
One passenger and the captain were injured.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Error of judgement on the part of the pilot in not feathering or reducing power on the defective engine."
Fuentes:
» Folha da Noite 16 March 1953, p2Fotos
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