Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 2 February 1966
Aircraft Type: Douglas LC-47J
Owner/operator: United States Navy
Registration Number: 50832
Location: Ross Ice Shelf –
ÿ Antarctica
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Aircraft fuselage and wings.Aircraft fuselage and wings.
Category: Accident
A Douglas LC-47J 50832 aircraft, accompanied by a LC-117, experienced a stall and subsequent impact with ice near McMurdo Station. The aircraft lost power, inverted, and crashed, resulting in significant damage to the fuselage and ignition of JATO canisters.A Douglas LC-47J 50832 aircraft, accompanied by a LC-117, experienced a stall and subsequent impact with ice near McMurdo Station. The aircraft lost power, inverted, and crashed, resulting in significant damage to the fuselage and ignition of JATO canisters.
Description
The ski-equipped Douglas LC-47J 50832 flew out of McMurdo on a routine mission to Byrd Station to pick up a scientific party. The airplane was accompanied by a LC-117 (99853). The LC-117 landed safety in extremely limited visibility. On finals 50832 stalled while about 200 feet above the ice surface. The right wing dropped, and the aircraft hit the ice while almost inverted breaking the fuselage in two places. A fire erupted, consequently igniting the eighteen JATO canisters aboard.
Source of Information
http://www.radiocom.net/vx6/noel2.htmhttp://www.radiocom.net/vx6/noel2.htmPrimary Cause
Stall during flight due to engine failure and ice conditions.Stall during flight due to engine failure and ice conditions.Share on:
