- Date
- September 23, 1962
- Place
- No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 28 fatal, 48 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6923CLockheed 1049H
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125747
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0028 62/9/23 NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN LOCKHEED 1049H CR- 5 0 3 MIL CONTRACT PASSG INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2100 N6923C PX- 23 0 45 44, 17500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GANDER,NEWFOUNDLAND FRANKFURT,GERMANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE PERSONNEL - FLIGHT ENGINEER: IMPROPER USE OF EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- 2 OF ACFTS 4 ENGS FAILED.IMPROPER ACTION OF FE DISABLED 3RD ENG.DITCHED 560 MI W SHANNON,IRELAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6923C
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1049H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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