Incident Overview
Date: Friday 28 December 1934
Aircraft Type: Curtiss T-32C Condor II
Owner/operator: American Airways
Registration Number: NC12363
Location: near Wilmurt, NY –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: The aircraft’s carburetor.The aircraft’s carburetor.
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
A forced landing occurred due to a severe snowstorm and carburetor ice buildup, resulting in engine power loss. The failure of the division control office dispatcher to adequately oversee flight control contributed to the incident.A forced landing occurred due to a severe snowstorm and carburetor ice buildup, resulting in engine power loss. The failure of the division control office dispatcher to adequately oversee flight control contributed to the incident.
Description
Struck trees during a forced landing. The engines had lost power because the carburetor had become clogged with ice as the plane flew through a snow storm. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The failure of the company to have on duty in the Division Control Office a compentent dispatcher in charge of flight control.”
Primary Cause
Failure of the company to have a competent dispatcher overseeing flight control.Failure of the company to have a competent dispatcher overseeing flight control.Share on:
