Incident Overview
Date: Friday 4 August 1972
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3-454
Owner/operator: Mercer Airlines
Registration Number: N31538
Location: Point Mugu, CA –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: powerplantpowerplant
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A DC-3 aircraft experienced a loss of power due to a component failure in the right engine fuel feed system, leading to an engine fire and subsequent runway excursion and destruction.A DC-3 aircraft experienced a loss of power due to a component failure in the right engine fuel feed system, leading to an engine fire and subsequent runway excursion and destruction.
Description
A component of the right engine fuel feed system failed causing the engine to lose power on climbout. The pilot decided to return to the airport and tried to extinguish the engine fire which had erupted. The extinguisher was inoperative, so he failed in his attempt. The DC-3 emergency landed, veered off the runway and was destroyed by fire. PROBABLE CAUSE: powerplant – fuel system: other miscellaneous acts,conditions – material failure systems – fire extinguishing system: powerplant miscellaneous acts,conditions – erratic miscellaneous acts,conditions – improperly secured miscellaneous acts,conditions – fire in engine partial power loss – partial loss of power – 1 engine
Primary Cause
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