Descripción del Accidente ASN 24 DEC 1959 Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) PK-GDV - Palembang
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Estado:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Fecha:jueves 24 diciembre 1959
Hora:05:00 UTC
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Operador:Garuda Indonesia Airways
Registración: PK-GDV
Numéro de série: 13535
Año de Construcción: 1944
Motores: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 4
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0
Total:Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 4
Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:5 km (3.1 milles) de Palembang (   Indonesia)
Fase: Aproximación (APR)
Naturaleza:Vuelo Doméstico Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:Palembang-Talang Betoetoe Airport (PLM/WIPP), Indonesia
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Pangkal Pinang Airport (PGK/WIKK), Indonesia
Número de Vuelo: 330
Descripción:
A no. 2 engine failure 13 minutes after takeoff forced the crew to return to Palembang. The aircraft crashed into a swamp short of Palembang.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the right engine, a lack of precaution on the part of the captain and marginal weather. A contributing factor may have been the overloaded condition of the aircraft, however, not to such an extent that it forced the aircraft to descend to a dangerously low altitude."

Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 62-AN/57 (233-236)
» The Singapore Free Press 26 December 1959, p1


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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Palembang-Talang Betoetoe Airport to Pangkal Pinang Airport as the crow flies is 179 km (112 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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.
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