Last updated: 23 January 2021
| Status: | |
| Datum: | donderdag 8 september 1955 |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3) |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Currey Air Transport |
| Registratie: | N74663 |
| Constructienummer: | 6257 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1943 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 3 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 1 / inzittenden: 30 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 3 / inzittenden: 33 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR) ( Verenigde Staten)
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| Fase: | Nadering (APR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse charter |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR), Verenigde Staten |
| Oakland Municipal Airport, CA (OAK/KOAK), Verenigde Staten |
Engine no.2 failed during takeoff, forcing the crew to return to the airport. Emergency landing clearance was given and the DC-3 approached Burbank in an excessive nose-high attitude, not aligned with the runway. Some 500 feet short of the airport boundary, the aircraft struck power lines with the left wing. The plane stalled and crashed into a parked US Air Force Douglas C-54 airplane. The DC-3 then cartwheeled into a hangar.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's irrevocable commitment to a landing without radio or visual confirmation of his runway alignment following engine failure immediately after takeoff. A contributing factor was engine malfunction immediately after takeoff in near minimum visibility."
Bronnen:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (177-180)» San Bernardino Sun, 9 September 1955 (p.1)
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Flight path.
Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA en Oakland Municipal Airport, CA bedraagt 520 km (325 miles).
De afstand tussen Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA en Oakland Municipal Airport, CA bedraagt 520 km (325 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
