ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331842
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Date: | Thursday 16 May 1968 |
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Type: | Lockheed L-100 Hercules |
Owner/operator: | AREA Ecuador |
Registration: | N9267R |
MSN: | 4146 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Engine model: | Allison 501-D22 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Macuma -
Ecuador
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Hercules landed at Macuma Airfield, but the wheels sank almost 50cm into the soft ground. Timber was then placed under the wheels as a ramp. Engine power was used to move the aircraft, but the no. 1 prop struck the ground, disintegrating on impact. Debris struck the no. 2 engine and a fire erupted. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.
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