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Serial Number |
254 |
Registration |
N254AW |
Model |
DHC-3 |
Year of Manufacture |
1957 |
Engine |
Piston - R1340 |
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Owner |
Thomas J Prijatel |
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Notes BTSB Accident Report |
NTSB Identification: ANC01LA138. The docket is
stored on NTSB microfiche number DMS. The certificated commercial pilot with eight passengers aboard was in cruise flight when he heard a loud bang as the engine began to run rough and lose power. As the pilot was performing engine emergency procedures, he smelled smoke in the cabin, and noted that the oil pressure was rapidly decreasing. During the subsequent forced landing in a marshy, muskeg-covered area, the airplane nosed over, and sustained substantial damage to right wing strut, engine firewall, and empennage. When the engine was disassembled, the exhaust valve within the number one cylinder was found fractured. |