Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 11 November 1958
Aircraft Type: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
Owner/operator: Transcontinental – TSA
Registration Number: LV-FTP
Location: E of Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) –
ÿ Argentina
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: EngineEngine
Category: Accident
A three trainee co-pilots’ aircraft crashed at Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport following a no. 1 engine failure and burning out. The incident occurred in the Monte Grande neighbourhood.A three trainee co-pilots’ aircraft crashed at Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport following a no. 1 engine failure and burning out. The incident occurred in the Monte Grande neighbourhood.
Description
Three trainee co-pilots were to practice takeoff and landings at Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport. Their aircraft crashed in the Monte Grande neighbourhood following a no. 1 engine failure and burned out. PROBABLE CAUSE: “Failures in engine no.1 which necessitated stopping the engine and feathering the propeller during evasive action at speed below V1, also collision with obstacles owing to imprudence of the pilot in carrying out a demonstration of a frustrated landing on a runway which was unsuitable for the type of aircraft used.”
Source of Information
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/25517/http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/25517/Primary Cause
Failures in engine no.1 necessitated stopping the engine and feathering the propeller during evasive action at speed below V1, also collision with obstacles owing to imprudence of the pilot in carrying out a demonstration of a frustrated landing on a runway which was unsuitable for the type of aircraft used.Failures in engine no.1 necessitated stopping the engine and feathering the propeller during evasive action at speed below V1, also collision with obstacles owing to imprudence of the pilot in carrying out a demonstration of a frustrated landing on a runway which was unsuitable for the type of aircraft used.Share on:
