Détails:
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."
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | dimanche 15 mars 1953 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47A-DK (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | Transportes Aéreos Catarinense |
| Immatriculation: | PP-AJA |
| Numéro de série: | 11844 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1943 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 6 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Salvador-Dois de Julho Airport, BA (SSA) ( Brésil)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Salvador-Dois de Julho International Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV), Brésil |
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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."
Sources:
» Folha da Noite 16 March 1953, p2Photos
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