Date: | Friday 26 December 1958 |
Time: | 12:52 |
Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
Owner/operator: | Union Aéromaritime de Transport |
Registration: | F-BGTZ |
MSN: | 43827/337 |
Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 70 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Salisbury Airport (HRE) -
Zimbabwe
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Salisbury Airport (HRE/FVHA) |
Destination airport: | Brazzaville-Maya Maya Airport (BZV/FCBB) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The UAT DC-6 was operating on a flight from Johannesburg to Paris via Salisbury (now Harare), Brazzaville and Nice. The aircraft took off from Salisbury runway 24 at 12:52 and climbed to a height of 50 feet. The plane then began to lose height and airspeed, despite full power and flaps at 20 degrees. The DC-6 struck the ground and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft struck the ground shortly after takeoff as a result of an uncontrollable loss of airspeed and height due to a sudden squall accompanying the onset of a thunderstorm."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (240-245)
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