Delivery

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Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

MSN:

222

YOM:

1976

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Crashed in Lahore while on a delivery flight. Occupant's fate unknown.

Crash of a Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation in Mesa: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 11, 1975 at 1640 LT

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Operator:

Aircraft Specialties Company

Registration:

N45516

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Schedule:

Mesa - Kansas City

MSN:

4840

YOM:

1958

Location:

Mesa-Falcon Field

Arizona

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

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Captain / Total flying hours:

12300

Captain / Total hours on type:

170.00

Circumstances:

Just after liftoff, while in initial climb, all four engines lost power. The captain attempted an emergency landing in a desert area when the airplane struck trees and crashed in flames few miles from the airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire and all six occupants were killed. They were on their way to Kansas City to deliver the aircraft.

Probable cause:

Inadequate preflight preparation on part of the pilot-in-command. The following contributing factors were reported:
- Inadequate supervision of flight,
- Collision with trees,
- Engine structure and powerplant denotation,
- High obstructions,
- Overheated,
- Ran out of ADI fluid,
- All engines damaged internally.

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Crash of a Beechcraft B60 Duke in Bahawalpur: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 26, 1974 at 2350 LT

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft 60 Duke

Operator:

Aircraft Facilities

Registration:

N8184R

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain

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Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

P-297

YOM:

1974

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Captain / Total flying hours:

5800

Captain / Total hours on type:

400.00

Circumstances:

The pilot was in charge to deliver the aircraft to an operator based at Calcutta Airport. While cruising by night, the pilot encountered technical problems with the right engine and was forced to shut it down and to feather its propeller. Shortly later, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent, broke up in the air at high speed and crashed in a field. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Probable cause:

Uncontrolled descent for undetermined reason. The following factors were reported:
- Fire or explosion in flight,
- Airframe failure in flight,
- Right engine feathered, not secured,
- High speed brakeup.

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Crash of a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain in Whitianga: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1974

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Operator:

Anglo Normandy Airways

Registration:

N54357

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Whitianga - Auckland

MSN:

31-7405248

YOM:

1974

Location:

Whitianga

Waikato Regional Council

Country:

New Zealand

Region:

Oceania

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Shortly after takeoff from Whitianga Aerodrome, while in initial climb, the twin engine airplane went out of control, stalled and crashed near the Whitianga beach. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed. They were completing a delivery flight to Auckland when the accident occurred.

Probable cause:

The pilot was unable to cope with an in-flight emergency initiated by a power plant malfunction and compounded by poor weather conditions, as a consequence of which the aircraft stalled and the pilot lost control at too low an altitude to effect recovery. Autopsy of the pilot revealed acute interstitial myocarditis conducive toward destruction of the cardiac muscle fibers. It is a silent disease prone to cause irregularities in cardiac rhythm, fainting, and occasionally sudden death. The possibility that the pilot had become physically incapacitated to some degree could not be entirely discounted.

Crash of a Cessna 340A in Gander: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1973 at 2350 LT

Type of aircraft:

Cessna 340

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Registration:

N7691Q

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Schedule:

Wichita – Portland – Gander

MSN:

340A-0190

YOM:

1973

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Gander

Newfoundland & Labrador

Country:

Canada

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North America

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The pilot, sole on board, was completing a delivery flight from Wichita to France via Portland and Gander. The approach to Gander was initiated by night and good weather conditions. On final, the pilot descended too low when the twin engine airplane struck trees and crashed few km short of runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed. Still owned by Cessna Aircraft, the airplane was on its way to France to be delivered to its future operator Flo Air.

Probable cause:

Improper IFR operation on part of the pilot who misjudged distance and altitude on final approach. The following factors were reported:
- High obstructions,
- Visual conditions,
- Dark night,
- No visual reference.

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Crash of a Douglas C-47B-20-DK in Kulusuk

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1972

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Registration:

F-WSGU

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Survivors:

Yes

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MSN:

15420/26865

YOM:

1944

Location:

Kulusuk

Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq

Country:

Greenland

Region:

Europe

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While on a delivery flight from Europe to the US, the aircraft crashed on approach to Kulusuk Airport. There were no casualties and the aircraft was abandoned on site.

Crash of a Vickers 814 Viscount in Bournemouth

Date & Time: Jan 28, 1972

Type of aircraft:

Vickers Viscount

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Registration:

D-ANEF

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Survivors:

Yes

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Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair

MSN:

343

YOM:

1959

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The crew was completing a delivery flight from Germany to Bournemouth. On approach to runway 08 at Bournemouth-Hurn Airport, the four engine airplane developed a high sink rate. The captain selected full power but the aircraft continued to descent. So he cut the power when the undercarriage struck the ground just short of runway. Upon impact, the undercarriage were torn off and the airplane slid for 1,100 feet before coming to rest in flames on the runway. Both pilots were evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Cessna 207 Skywagon into the Pacific Ocean: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 5, 1970 at 2320 LT

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Operator:

Aircraft Facilities

Registration:

N91110

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter)

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Kansas City – Los Angeles – Honolulu

MSN:

207-0076

YOM:

1969

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Captain / Total flying hours:

6276

Circumstances:

The pilot, sole on board, departed Kansas City on a delivery flight to Honolulu with an intermediate stop in Los Angeles. While cruising by night over the Pacific Ocean, the pilot declared an emergency and reported his position about 646 miles northeast from the Oahu Island. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the pilot was found.

Probable cause:

Inadequate preflight preparation on part of the pilot. Engine failure in flight caused by a lubricating issue and oil exhaustion. No prove was made for extra oil, engine lost oil pressure then failed.

Final Report:

Crash of a Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 Turbo Porter in Bahrain

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1969

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Registration:

HB-FCY

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