Last updated: 14 April 2021
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| Date: | vendredi 20 mai 1955 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
| Immatriculation: | LV-ACQ |
| Numéro de série: | 13159 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 1 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 5 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Río Gallegos-Rio Chico Airport, SC (RGL) ( Argentine)
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| Phase de vol: | Au décollage (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Río Gallegos-Rio Chico Airport, SC (RGL/SAWG), Argentine |
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The DC-3 took off from Rio Chico following a 600 m ground run but touched down again left of the runway. The left main gear leg broke off and a fire broke out in the no. 1 engine. This fire could not be contained due to a lack of adequate fire fighting equipment.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The fall of the aircraft when the pilot decided to discontinue a take-off which he considered abnormal and which is attributed to the fact that the propeller was probably feathered for undetermined reasons."
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (114-115)Photos
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