ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334889
| Date: | Friday 20 May 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
| Registration: | LV-ACQ |
| MSN: | 13159 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Río Gallegos-Rio Chico Airport, SC (RGL) -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Río Gallegos-Rio Chico Airport, SC (RGL/SAWG) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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: "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)
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