Narrative:
DC-8 PH-DCH named "Orville Wright" was leased to VIASA by KLM. The aircraft was parked in one of the hangars at Schiphol Airport for a replacement of a fuel pump and work on some wiring. During this work, an explosion occurred in the no. 4 main fuel tank. While some other aircraft were pulled out of the hangar just in time, PH-DCH burned out.
Damaged on the ground
accident date: 29-06-1968
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53
registration: PH-DCH
accident date: 29-06-1968
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53
registration: PH-DCH
accident date: 29-06-1968
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53
registration: PH-DCH
accident date: 29-06-1968
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53
registration: PH-DCH
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 29 June 1968 |
| Time: | 02:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-8-53 |
| Operating for: | VIASA |
| Leased from: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-DCH |
| MSN: | 45383/120 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) ( Netherlands)
|
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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DC-8 PH-DCH named "Orville Wright" was leased to VIASA by KLM. The aircraft was parked in one of the hangars at Schiphol Airport for a replacement of a fuel pump and work on some wiring. During this work, an explosion occurred in the no. 4 main fuel tank. While some other aircraft were pulled out of the hangar just in time, PH-DCH burned out.
Classification:
Hangar / ground fireDamaged on the ground
Sources:
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accident date: 29-06-1968
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53
registration: PH-DCH
accident date: 29-06-1968
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53
registration: PH-DCH
accident date: 29-06-1968
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53
registration: PH-DCH
accident date: 29-06-1968
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53
registration: PH-DCH
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