Incident Overview
Date: Monday 27 July 1970
Aircraft Type: Consolidated P4Y-2 Privateer
Owner/operator: Rosenbalm Aviation
Registration Number: N3191G
Location: Diamond Lake, OR –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: EnginesEngines
Category: Accident
On July 12, 1942, a PBY-2 fire fighting plane crashed in Diamond Lake, Oregon, due to fuel exhaustion. The plane was ditched due to insufficient fuel preparation and mismanagement.On July 12, 1942, a PBY-2 fire fighting plane crashed in Diamond Lake, Oregon, due to fuel exhaustion. The plane was ditched due to insufficient fuel preparation and mismanagement.
Description
The engines of the PBY-2 fire fighting plane flamed out as a result of fuel exhaustion. The airplane was ditched in Diamond Lake, Oregon. PROBABLE CAUSE: pilot in command – inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning pilot in command – mismanagement of fuel miscellaneous acts,conditions – fuel exhaustion FACTORS: miscellaneous acts,conditions – jettisoned load miscellaneous acts,conditions – failure of two or more engines miscellaneous acts,conditions – aircraft came to rest in water
Primary Cause
Inadequate preflight preparation and/or mismanagement of fuelInadequate preflight preparation and/or mismanagement of fuelShare on:
