Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 24 December 1959
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Garuda Indonesia Airways
Registration Number: PK-GDV
Location: 5 km from Palembang –
ÿ Indonesia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Right engineRight engine
Category: Accident
A no. 2 engine failure occurred 13 minutes after takeoff, forcing a return to Palembang. The aircraft crashed into a swamp short of Palembang. The probable cause was a failure of the right engine, potentially due to insufficient caution by the captain and adverse weather conditions.A no. 2 engine failure occurred 13 minutes after takeoff, forcing a return to Palembang. The aircraft crashed into a swamp short of Palembang. The probable cause was a failure of the right engine, potentially due to insufficient caution by the captain and adverse weather conditions.
Description
A no. 2 engine failure 13 minutes after takeoff forced the crew to return to Palembang. The aircraft crashed into a swamp short of Palembang. PROBABLE CAUSE: “Failure of the right engine, a lack of precaution on the part of the captain and marginal weather. A contributing factor may have been the overloaded condition of the aircraft, however, not to such an extent that it forced the aircraft to descend to a dangerously low altitude.”
Primary Cause
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