Date: | Friday 17 November 1972 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3C) |
Owner/operator: | S & H Aviation Sales |
Registration: | CF-FOL |
MSN: | 25483/14038 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 160 km E off St. Johns, NL, Canada -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF) |
Destination airport: | St. John's Airport, NL (YYT/CYYT) |
Narrative:The pilot had to ditch the aircraft due to a double engine failure, caused by fuel exhaustion.
PROBABLE CAUSES: Pilot, inexperienced in transatlantic flights, didn't accept the forecaster's suggested route (to Goose Bay or Gander, because of much lower headwinds). The average ground speed during the flight had been 112km/h, while the crew expected to fly 150km/h.
Sources:
Douglas DC-3 Production List (Issue no. 28)
Location
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1972/19721117_DC3_CF-FOL_13278.jpg)
photo (c) Bob Hobbs / NA3T; Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN); 09 November 1972
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