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Safety history

• May 22, 1954AccidentHull loss

  On final approach to Paraparaumu Airport, both engines failed simultaneously. Then captain was able to restart the engine but the aircraft lost speed and height. While trying to climb, the aircraft banked right and hit a house, shearing off 12 feet of the right wing. The airplane passed between two houses and eventually crashed in a wooded area. The aircraft was destroyed, three children were killed and all other occupants were injured, some of them seriously. Probable cause (official findings)

  Douglas DC-3 · 3 fatalities

  - Either throughout the flight or a substantial portion of it both engines were drawing fuel from the starboard main tank, - The selector valves or valve were moved after the engines cut out, and the valves, when found and checked later, indicated a final setting of each engine to its respective port and starboard main tank, - The total fuel usage recorded… Full accident record