ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328557
| Date: | Friday 13 July 1979 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-313 |
| Owner/operator: | M.J. Supply Inc. |
| Registration: | N21782 |
| MSN: | 2170 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Belle Glade, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Saint Louis (unknown airport), MO |
| Boca Raton Public Airport, FL (BCT/KBCT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Douglas DC-3, registration N21782, was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing near Belle Glade, Florida.
The airplane was being ferried from Saint Louis to Boca Raton when it ran out of fuel. When both engines flamed out, a forced landing was carried out on a field with high vegetation. The DC-3 nosed down.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - mismanagement of fuel
miscellaneous acts,conditions - miscalculated fuel consumption
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
FACTORS:
powerplant - powerplant-instruments: fuel quantity gauge
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improper alignment/adjustment
terrain - high vegetation
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
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