Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 30 July 1952
Aircraft Type: SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc
Owner/operator: Misrair
Registration Number: SU-AHX
Location: Cairo-Almaza Airport –
ÿ Egypt
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38
Component Affected: NozzleNozzle
Category: Accident
A no. 1 engine on a flight to Khartoum experienced a fire during en route operations. The pilot initiated an emergency landing, returning to Cairo. The fire was extinguished, and the propeller was feathered. Investigation suggests pilot error due to inadequate airmanship, including a malfunctioning fire warning system, improper extinguisher operation, and failure to restart a defective motor after a fire, and inadequate use of emergency systems.A no. 1 engine on a flight to Khartoum experienced a fire during en route operations. The pilot initiated an emergency landing, returning to Cairo. The fire was extinguished, and the propeller was feathered. Investigation suggests pilot error due to inadequate airmanship, including a malfunctioning fire warning system, improper extinguisher operation, and failure to restart a defective motor after a fire, and inadequate use of emergency systems.
Description
En route to Khartoum, the no. 1 engine caught fire. The engine was shut down, fire handles pulled and the prop was feathered. The captain decided to return to Cairo. A belly landing was carried out on runway 36. PROBABLE CAUSE: “Pilot error. It would appear that he showed a poor knowledge of airmanship in these particulars; 1. The fire warning system had not operated nor had the automatic extinguishers , indicating that the nacelle temperature could not have risen appreciably. The extinguisher had been manually operated. 2. He should not have restarted the defective motor after a fire and with almost a full load. 3. If the main undercarriage systems had failed to function, he should have operated Nos 1 & 2 emergency systems.”
Primary Cause
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