Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 8 September 1955
Aircraft Type: Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Currey Air Transport
Registration Number: N74663
Location: Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 33
Component Affected: The DC-3 aircraft wing.The DC-3 aircraft wing.
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
An engine failure on DC-3 during takeoff resulted in a forced return to the airport, leading to an excessive nose-high attitude and a collision with a parked Douglas C-54. The aircraft then crashed into a hangar.An engine failure on DC-3 during takeoff resulted in a forced return to the airport, leading to an excessive nose-high attitude and a collision with a parked Douglas C-54. The aircraft then crashed into a hangar.
Description
Engine no.2 failed during takeoff, forcing the crew to return to the airport. Emergency landing clearance was given and the DC-3 approached Burbank in an excessive nose-high attitude, not aligned with the runway. Some 500 feet short of the airport boundary, the aircraft struck power lines with the left wing. The plane stalled and crashed into a parked US Air Force Douglas C-54 airplane. The DC-3 then cartwheeled into a hangar. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The captain’s irrevocable commitment to a landing without radio or visual confirmation of his runway alignment following engine failure immediately after takeoff. A contributing factor was engine malfunction immediately after takeoff in near minimum visibility.”
Source of Information
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SBS19550909&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——–1https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SBS19550909&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——–1Primary Cause
The captain’s irrevocable commitment to a landing without radio or visual confirmation of his runway alignment following engine failure immediately after takeoff.The captain’s irrevocable commitment to a landing without radio or visual confirmation of his runway alignment following engine failure immediately after takeoff.Share on:
