Lockheed 14 Super Electra

Landing (descent or approach)

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G-AFMO

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1490

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1939

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Crashed on landing for unknown reasons. All nine occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra into the Mediterranean Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1939 at 1300 LT

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G-AFYU

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Alexandria – El Salloum – Valetta – Croydon

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1444

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1939

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Less than an hour after his departure from El Salloum Airport, at the border between Egypt and Libya, the pilot sent a mayday message due to unknown technical problems. He was forced to ditch the aircraft into the Mediterranean Sea. The crew of a ship was quickly on the scene and was able to rescue six occupants, among them the pilot, while five other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Unknown technical problem.

Crash of a Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra in Saint-Sauveur

Date & Time: Aug 11, 1939

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G-AFGN

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

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Croydon – Basel – Zurich

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1467

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1938

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En route from Croydon to Basel, while cruising at an altitude of 10,000 feet over France, the crew encountered technical problems on both engines and reduced his altitude. Few minutes later, one engine fired and the captain attempted to make an emergency landing at Luxeuil-les-Bains AFB. On final, the crew lowered the gear and landed in a wheat field located in Saint-Sauveur, northeast of the airbase. Upon touchdown, the aircraft lost its undercarriage and slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest, bursting into flames. All 12 occupants evacuated safely and the airplane was destroyed by fire.

Probable cause:

Engine failure and fire.

Crash of a Lockheed 14-WG3B Super Electra in Fukuoka: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1939

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J-BCOZ

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Fukuoka – Seoul

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Shortly after liftoff from Fukuoka Airport, the twin engine airplane collided with the perimeter fence and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot, the mechanic and four passengers were killed while five other occupants were injured.

Crash of a Lockheed 14H Super Electra in Katherine: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 18, 1939 at 0750 LT

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VH-ABI

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Postal (mail)

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Darwin – Katherine – Adelaide

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1418

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1938

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The aircraft was carrying a load of 700 pounds of mail from Darwin to Adelaide with an intermediate stop in Katherine. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft encountered problem to gain height. It eventually stalled and crashed in the Katherine River located near the airport and came to rest in 6 feet of water. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were killed.
Crew:
J. A. Jukes, pilot,
C. R. Clarke, pilot,
P. I. Donegan, copilot and flight engineer.
Passenger:
A. McDonald, Chief Inspector of Aerodromes in the Northern Territory.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the single runway of only 700 yards was marginal for the type of aircraft. Wheel marks on the runway indicated that there had been five attempts at becoming airborne before the boundary fence prompted one last desperate attempt at lifting off with too little airspeed.

Crash of a Lockheed 14H Super Electra in Miles City: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1939 at 2115 LT

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NC17389

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Chicago – Minneapolis – Fargo – Bismarck – Miles City – Butte – Spokane – Seattle

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1408

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1938

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NW001

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Miles City

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United States of America

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North America

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Captain / Total flying hours:

11800

Captain / Total hours on type:

600.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

4400

Copilot / Total hours on type:

600

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The aircraft started the take-off to the northwest at 2114LT, leaving the ground at a point approximating the intersection of the two field run rays, and crossed the field boundary in a normal climb. After reaching an estimated altitude of 500 feet, the aircraft began a slow turn to the left, thick is the usual procedure in contacting the west leg of the Miles City radio range for the purpose of continuing flight to Billings, Montana. Shortly after starting the turn, the aircraft was seen to lose altitude rapidly and descend almost to the ground before the descent was checked, and the aircraft pulled up in a sharp climb to an altitude approximating that previously attained. Immediately thereafter, the aircraft turned sharply to the loft and descended rapidly, striking the ground in a ravine and headed in a southeasterly direction with its left tang and nose slightly down. The aircraft traveled for a distance of approximately 280 feet from the point of first contact with the ground, scattering fragments along its path, and came to rest on rising terrain, where it was entirely destroyed by fire at a point 2650 feet distant from the west boundary of the Miles City airport, and 1200 feet south of a projection of north boundary of the airport. The crash resulted in the death of all person aboard the aircraft.
Crew:
C. B. Chamberlain, pilot,
R. B. Norby, copilot.

Probable cause:

Although the exact origin and source of the fire is undermined, the condition and location of the emergency-control-box cover, ‘then found, indicates the possibility of Lire at a point of leakage in the cross-feed-fuel system beta is the immediate vicinity of the cross-feed valve, and that such fire could have entered the cockpit prior to crash, through or around the box containing the emergency controls. It was concluded that the probable cause of the accident was a fire in the pilot’s control cabin, resulting in loss of control of the aircraft. Improper location and installation of that portion of the aircraft’s cress-feed fuel system which passed through the fuselage was considered as a contributory factor.

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Ground accident of a Lockheed 14-WG3 Super Electra in Qingdao

Date & Time: Dec 10, 1938

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J-BDOB

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Qingdao – Beijing – Tokyo

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The twin engine aircraft named 'Ishikari' suffered a ground accident at Tsing Tao (Qingdao) Airport while taxiing and came to rest upside down. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra in Amsterdam: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1938 at 1120 LT

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PH-APE

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Amsterdam - Amsterdam

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1413

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1938

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Aircraft flight hours:

323

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The crew was engaged in a training mission around Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. Shortly after takeoff from runway 01/19, while climbing, the twin engine aircraft named 'Ekster' stalled and crashed in a garden located some 1,500 metres from the runway end, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all four crew members were killed. Delivered last 15 of March, it totalized 323 flying hours.
Crew:
Arie van der Sijde, instructor,
Cornelius Menne Schreij, pilot,
Antony Albert Garrit Bekking, flight engineer,
Karl Leo Hans Jaedicke, radio operator.

Probable cause:

Failure of the right engine shortly after rotation, most probably due to a wrong handle on part of the pilot in command.

Crash of a Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra in Walton Bay: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 22, 1938

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