| Date: | Wednesday 1 January 1975 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Air O'Hare |
| Registration: | N9BC |
| MSN: | 9510 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Fort Lauderdale, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Freeport-Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO/MYGF) |
| Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The no. 2 prop had to be feathered because the engine RPM exceeded 3000 and couldn't be controlled. The no. 1 engine then overheated and lost power. A ditching was carried out off Fort Lauderdale.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
powerplant - miscellaneous: powerplant failure for undetermined reasons
FACTORS:
powerplant - propeller and accessories: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - rpm-uncontrollable-overspeed
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-1 engine
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on water
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD); October 1974
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