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| Serial | 044615 | |||||||||||||||
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| Model | C-118A Liftmaster | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
| Comments | w/o 20.7.1988 at Golden Meadows, LA; After a 4.3 hour flight from San Salvador, El Salvador, bound for New Orleans, LA, (with fuel for 7 hours on board) the nos.1, 2 and 3 engines lost power. During an emergency landing, the landing gear struck a levee, the wing hit the ground and the aircraft struck a drainage ditch. The a/c ran out of fuel due to an open drain valve inside the no. 4 engine nacelle. | |||||||||||||||
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