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American Airlines Flight 476

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27: 334:. At 12:17, Captain Barron attempted to radio for help, asking, "Does anybody read 476?" Ground crew in Springfield attempted to reach out to Flight 476, but they received no response. Afterward, ground crew in St. Louis, and two other nearby aircraft, including one near Springfield, heard the pilot of Flight 476 announce that their No. 2 engine was on fire. At 12:20, the aircraft near Springfield heard Flight 476 ask, "Springfield, are you reading 476? We have bad engine fire." An army pilot then saw the aircraft attempt to make an emergency landing in 1391: 419: 359:
returned to their manufacturer. They also required that cylinders going through overhaul be inspected using sophisticated equipment. Instead, an airline inspector examined the cylinder visually, meaning neither rule was followed. At the time of the accident, the cylinder logged only a few flight hours.
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lab found that eight of the cylinder's hold-down studs had failed after previously being installed in another engine. Inspectors were aware of this and sent the cylinder to Tulsa for overhaul. Before the crash, American Airlines required that cylinders with more than two broken studs be scrapped or
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The captain was 45-year-old Hugh C. Barron, who had been employed by American Airlines since 1942. At the time of the accident, he had logged 15,540 flight hours, including around 5,000 in the Convair CV-240. The first officer was 35-year-old William G. Gates, who had logged around 8,500 flight
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After the crash rescue crew attempted to reach the aircraft. However, the dense forest prevented rescue equipment from reaching the aircraft until army engineers bulldozed a road to it. They found that all 30 passengers and crew perished.
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hours, 2,500 of which were in the Convair CV-240. He had been employed by American Airlines since 1944. The flight's sole stewardess was 21-year-old Thelma R. Ballard, who had been employed by American Airlines for two months.
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and alerted the tower, who gave it clearance to land. However, at 12:23, the right wing detached from Flight 476, causing it to crash in a wooded area half a mile from Runway 14.
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employees arrived at the scene to investigate the cause of the accident. They found that the No. 12 cylinder of the right engine had a broken barrel. A closer examination at the
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After the accident, American Airlines required all cylinders with faulty studs to be mutilated to prevent employees from returning them to service without proper repair.
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The aircraft was a 7-year-old Convair CV-240 that had logged 14,865 flight hours at the time of the accident. It was powered by two
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Flight 476 took off from Springfield just before noon. The aircraft was scheduled to make another stop in
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R-2800-83AM4A engines that had logged 13,346 and 12,875 flight hours, driving each a
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An asterisk (*) denotes an incident that took place in a U.S. territory, including
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determined that the accident was caused by the installation of a damaged cylinder.
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An American Airlines Convair CV-240, similar to the accident aircraft
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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a black and white photo of an American Airlines Convair CV-240, similar to the accident aircraft
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
37°45′40″N 92°9′22″W / 37.76111°N 92.15611°W / 37.76111; -92.15611
Convair CV-240-0
American Airlines
Registration
Tulsa Municipal Airport
Tulsa
Joplin, Missouri
Springfield, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
LaGuardia Airport
New York City
passenger flight
American Airlines
Tulsa Municipal Airport
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Laguardia Airport
New York City, New York
Convair CV-240-0
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pratt and Whitney
Hamilton Standard
Tulsa Municipal Airport
Laguardia Airport
Joplin
Springfield, Missouri
St. Louis
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

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