ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329213
Date: | Tuesday 8 February 1977 |
Time: | 14:13 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Aerolineas Argo |
Registration: | HI-208 |
MSN: | 30685 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off San Juan-Isla Grande Airport (SIG) -
Puerto Rico
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | San Juan-Isla Grande Airport (SIG/TJIG) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The propeller couldn't be feathered following an engine failure. The aircraft lost speed and altitude and had to be ditched before it could reach the airport.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - attempted operation w/known deficiencies in equipment
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate maintenance and inspection
powerplant - ignition system: ignition harness,shielding
powerplant - propeller and accessories: hydraulic pitch control mechanism
pilot in command - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improper emergency procedures
FACTORS:
systems - electrical system: generators/alternators
systems - electrical system: batteries
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-1 engine
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on water
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | MIA77FA028 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, Puerto Rico (SJU); November 1976
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