ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330417
| Date: | Friday 4 August 1972 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-454 |
| Owner/operator: | Mercer Airlines |
| Registration: | N31538 |
| MSN: | 6317 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Point Mugu, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Port Hueneme-Point Mugu NAS, CA (NTD/KNTD) |
| Hollywood-Burbank Airport, CA (BUR/KBUR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A component of the right engine fuel feed system failed causing the engine to lose power on climbout. The pilot decided to return to the airport and tried to extinguish the engine fire which had erupted. The extinguisher was inoperative, so he failed in his attempt. The DC-3 emergency landed, veered off the runway and was destroyed by fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
powerplant - fuel system: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
systems - fire extinguishing system: powerplant
miscellaneous acts,conditions - erratic
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly secured
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fire in engine
partial power loss - partial loss of power - 1 engine
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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