| Date: | Wednesday 22 June 1949 |
| Time: | 13:13 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-240-0 |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N94266 |
| MSN: | 139 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5,6 km ENE of Memphis Municipal Airport, TN (MEM) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Memphis Municipal Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM) |
| Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The no. 2 engine failed on takeoff and at an altitude of 20-50 feet the propeller auto feathered. The Convair climbed slowly and attained a high nose-up attitude as the crew tried to clear power lines. The airspeed dropped and a belly landing was carried out. The aircraft slid for 217 feet before coming to rest.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A reduction in airspeed resulting from flying the aircraft at a steep climbing attitude after power failure of the right engine, followed by retraction of the flaps which destroyed the aircraft's climb performance. "
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 1-0084
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