Status: | Final |
Date: | Saturday 23 March 1974 |
Time: | 19:08 |
Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF |
Operator: | Airlift International |
Registration: | N6164A |
C/n / msn: | 46144/532 |
First flight: | 1970 |
Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU) ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:The DC-8 was undergoing a maintenance A-check at the Travis Air Force Base. Suddenly fuel fumes in the no. 1 inboard main fuel tank area exploded. One person on the ground was killed.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE:
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: improper maintenance (maintenance personnel)
powerplant - fuel system: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly installed
FACTOR
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fire in wing
Classification:
Fuel tank explosion
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Aviation News 26.04.1974
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accident date:
23-03-1974type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
registration: N6164A

accident date:
23-03-1974type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
registration: N6164A

accident date:
23-03-1974type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
registration: N6164A

accident date:
23-03-1974type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
registration: N6164A

accident date:
23-03-1974type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
registration: N6164A