Convair C-131 double-engine failure and ditching, 1 dead 1 injured.

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Convair C-131 double-engine failure and ditching, 1 dead 1 injured.

Postby Gabriel » Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:08 am

Not posted there yet but I will commit the double-post sin.
Given that it was a fatal accident that happened to an US airline in US soil (well, sea) and it involves the FAA and NTSB, it is strange that it didn't have any repercussion there.

Speculation in different fora has it as fuel exhaustion.

http://avherald.com/h?article=4c3efa5b&opt=0

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Re: Convair C-131 double-engine failure and ditching, 1 dead 1 injured.

Postby 3WE » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:44 am

Speculation in this forum has it as mis-fueling with Jet-A
Fixed.
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Re: Convair C-131 double-engine failure and ditching, 1 dead 1 injured.

Postby Gabriel » Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:27 pm

Speculation in this forum has it as mis-fueling with Jet-A
Fixed.
Does Jet-A float over 100LL? Because the pane flew a good while at constant speed and altitude before starting to descend.

Anyway, since the FO is alive and stable, I think we will know.

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Re: Convair C-131 double-engine failure and ditching, 1 dead 1 injured.

Postby elaw » Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:43 pm

Both being petroleum distillates, I'd expect they'd probably just mix, and form something you definitely would not want to put on your french fries. :mrgreen:
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Re: Convair C-131 double-engine failure and ditching, 1 dead 1 injured.

Postby 3WE » Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:10 am

Speculation in this forum has it as mis-fueling with Jet-A
Fixed.
Does Jet-A float over 100LL? Because the pane flew a good while at constant speed and altitude before starting to descend.
I don’t know every last Evanesque detail of every airplane, but imagine multiple tanks...

Gratuitous speculation by me, and fuel starvation and wrong engine shutdown and meteor strike and a number of other potential causes have not been discounted.
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