Originally Posted by
Dogma
It’s happened to a DC6 before in Botswana... miss fuel ⛽️
Happened to a DC-6 in Fairbanks. Alaska. I know a guy who was a witness to the accident.
Originally Posted by
bront
Using Jet fuel doesn't explain the fire.
In the above referenced accident, the guy who was there told me that as the plane took off, there were long yellow flames coming from the exhaust stacks as the plane took off. He was a mechanic for the airline, so was familiar with what a normal exhaust flame looked like on a DC-6 taking off. That said, the flames in the video appeared to be coming from under the nacelle, not out of the augmenter, which is where I'd expect an exhaust flame to be. On the other hand, running a gasoline engine on jet fuel often results in catastrophic detonation. If it blew the head off a cylinder (which is within the realm of possibility) there would be plenty of engine oil running around loose, heat and sources of ignition. I wouldn't say that the fire in the video is ruling out mis-fuelling.