The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the grounding of the Panamanian tankship GRAND EAGLE was the loss of steerageway in a restricted channel when the main engine failed to start after the inadequately supported main diesel control-air tubing fractured due to vibration fatigue. Contributing to the grounding was the lack of an adequate control-air, low pressure alarm which would have alerted the engineers of a critical drop in control-air pressure and the failure of the engineers to immediately notify the master of their inability to start the main engine.


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    Title :

    Marine Accident Report - Grounding of the Panamanian Tankship GRAND EAGLE in the Delaware River near Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1985


    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    22 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English