Ricardo Ferreira
18-10-09, 20:49
ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2009-18
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Date: 17 OCT 2009
Time: 12:38
Type: Douglas DC-3C (C-47B-1-DK)
Operator: Victoria Air
Registration: RP-C550
C/n / msn: 25737/14292
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830
Crew: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Total: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Location: ca 3,5 km SW of Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) (Philippines)
Phase: Initial climb
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)
Destination airport: Puerto Princesa Airport (PPS)
Flightnumber:
A Douglas DC-3 operated by Victoria Air, was destroyed when it crashed in a warehouse shortly after takeoff from Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), Philippines. The airplane took off from runway 24 at 11:56. The airplane reportedly carried a cargo consisting of six drums of aircraft fuel on a domestic flight to Puerto Princesa Airport (PPS). Shortly after takeoff the crew requested for an emergency landing after the aircraft reportedly experienced engine problems. Air traffic control cleared the flight to turn around an land on runway 06. The pilot was not able to maintain altitude and the aircraft crashed some 3,5 km short of runway 06. It came down on an abandoned warehouse and burst into flames.
Sources:
» 4 killed as planes crashes into Las Piñas warehouse (Philippine Daily Inquirer, 17-10-2009)
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AIRCRAFT HISTORY
43-48476 - United States Army Air Force - USAAF (AUG 1944)
43-48476 - United States Army Air Force - USAAF ()
43-48476 - United States Air Force - USAF (18 SEP 1947)
43-48476 - United States Air Force - USAF (1949)
United States Air Force - USAF - accident at Washington, DC (24 NOV 1952)
43-48476 - United States Air Force - USAF (FEB 1967)
348476 - South Vietnam Air Force (MAY 1967)
348476 - Philippine Air Force (29 MAY 1973)
RP-C550 - Philair (JUL 1984)
RP-C550 - Victoria Air (MAY 2001)
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AIRCRAFT PROFILE DOUGLAS DC-3
Last fatal accident involving a Douglas DC-3: 18-FEB-2009 Basler Turbo-67 (BT-67) FAC1670 Colombian AF - 5 fatalties (241 days ago)
Total number of hull-losses: 2823 (of which 2527 were accidents)
599th worst accident involving a Douglas DC-3
Survival rate for all fatal Douglas DC-3 accidents: on average 19.7 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents
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COUNTRY PROFILE PHILIPPINES
Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Philippines: 02-APR-2009 BN-2A Islander RP-C764 Chemtrad Aviation - 7 fatalities (198 days ago)
Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 73
Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 1184
53rd worst airliner/bizjet accident in Philippines
The country is rated Cat. 2 in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)
RIP
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Date: 17 OCT 2009
Time: 12:38
Type: Douglas DC-3C (C-47B-1-DK)
Operator: Victoria Air
Registration: RP-C550
C/n / msn: 25737/14292
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830
Crew: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Total: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Location: ca 3,5 km SW of Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) (Philippines)
Phase: Initial climb
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)
Destination airport: Puerto Princesa Airport (PPS)
Flightnumber:
A Douglas DC-3 operated by Victoria Air, was destroyed when it crashed in a warehouse shortly after takeoff from Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), Philippines. The airplane took off from runway 24 at 11:56. The airplane reportedly carried a cargo consisting of six drums of aircraft fuel on a domestic flight to Puerto Princesa Airport (PPS). Shortly after takeoff the crew requested for an emergency landing after the aircraft reportedly experienced engine problems. Air traffic control cleared the flight to turn around an land on runway 06. The pilot was not able to maintain altitude and the aircraft crashed some 3,5 km short of runway 06. It came down on an abandoned warehouse and burst into flames.
Sources:
» 4 killed as planes crashes into Las Piñas warehouse (Philippine Daily Inquirer, 17-10-2009)
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AIRCRAFT HISTORY
43-48476 - United States Army Air Force - USAAF (AUG 1944)
43-48476 - United States Army Air Force - USAAF ()
43-48476 - United States Air Force - USAF (18 SEP 1947)
43-48476 - United States Air Force - USAF (1949)
United States Air Force - USAF - accident at Washington, DC (24 NOV 1952)
43-48476 - United States Air Force - USAF (FEB 1967)
348476 - South Vietnam Air Force (MAY 1967)
348476 - Philippine Air Force (29 MAY 1973)
RP-C550 - Philair (JUL 1984)
RP-C550 - Victoria Air (MAY 2001)
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AIRCRAFT PROFILE DOUGLAS DC-3
Last fatal accident involving a Douglas DC-3: 18-FEB-2009 Basler Turbo-67 (BT-67) FAC1670 Colombian AF - 5 fatalties (241 days ago)
Total number of hull-losses: 2823 (of which 2527 were accidents)
599th worst accident involving a Douglas DC-3
Survival rate for all fatal Douglas DC-3 accidents: on average 19.7 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents
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COUNTRY PROFILE PHILIPPINES
Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Philippines: 02-APR-2009 BN-2A Islander RP-C764 Chemtrad Aviation - 7 fatalities (198 days ago)
Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 73
Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 1184
53rd worst airliner/bizjet accident in Philippines
The country is rated Cat. 2 in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)
RIP