| Date: | Monday 13 September 1965 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Zantop Air Transport |
| Registration: | N5132B |
| MSN: | 32700 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17520 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dover AFB, DE (DOV) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dover AFB, DE (DOV/KDOV) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A false engine fire warning caused the propeller to feather. The crew tried to land back at Dover, but the undercarriage would not lock down because of a hydraulic pressure leak in the windshield wiper. A forced landing near the airport was carried out.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
systems - fire warning system: powerplant
systems - hydraulic system: seals
miscellaneous acts, conditions - hydraulic failure
FACTOR(S)
weather - low ceiling
weather - rain
weather briefing - unknown/not reported
weather forecast - unknown/not reported
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on land
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File 1-0058
Location
Images:
photo (c) Howard Kukla; Dover AFB, DE (DOV); September 1965
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