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The propeller problem was overcome by replacing the de Havilland variable-pitch propellers with Fairey-Reed fixed-pitch propellers, modified aircraft being re-designated the DHA-3 Mk. 1F. All but the three aircraft that had crashed by that time were brought to this standard. The propeller change however did nothing to improve the type's ...
After the aircraft touched down, the right landing gear collapsed, the right wing hit the ground, and a fire broke out. The fire went out before the aircraft came to rest and all passengers and crew were evacuated. Five people had minor injuries, some from parts of the propeller entering the cabin and others from the evacuation. [citation needed]
The cause of the crash was traced to propeller problems. [100] 22 September 1960: A Paraense C-46A (PP-BTF) crashed shortly after takeoff from Belém-Val de Cans. Seven occupants died. [92] [101] 29 October 1960: A chartered C-46 carrying the Cal Poly football team crashed on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio, resulting in the death of 22 of the 48 ...
A professional photographer died in a horrible accident by backing up into an airplane propeller while snapping photos at a Kansas airfield. Amanda Gallagher, 37, was taking photos of people ...
A photographer suffered a horrifying death when she backed into an airplane propeller while taking pictures. Passengers near the plane witnessed the death of the experienced travel photographer at ...
A British aircraft carrier that had been set to lead the largest NATO exercises since the Cold War will not set sail Sunday after a problem with its propeller was discovered during final checks ...
The performance of a propeller suffers when transonic flow first appears on the tips of the blades. As the relative air speed at any section of a propeller is a vector sum of the aircraft speed and the tangential speed due to rotation, the flow over the blade tip will reach transonic speed well before the aircraft does.
Northwest Airlines Flight 292, a DC-7C (N285) with 7 crew and 95 passengers, [29] made a successful water landing in Sitka Sound just before 1 p.m. local time after struggling with propeller problems for 45 minutes [30] while operating as a military charter flight between McChord Air Force Base and Elmendorf Air Force Base. The plane stayed ...