Accident Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) PH-MOA,

Date:	Thursday 3 June 1971
Time:	01:25
Type:	Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Moormanair
Registration:	PH-MOA
MSN:	33353/16605
Year of manufacture:	1945
Total airframe hrs:	6372 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 36
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Southend Municipal Airport (SEN) - United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Southend Municipal Airport (SEN/EGMC)
Destination airport:	Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM)
Investigating agency:	AIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Moormanair DC-3 was chartered to fly Ajax football supporters back to the Netherlands.
Following a fall in manifold pressure and the discovery of an oil leak in the starboard engine soon after a night takeoff the pilot decided to return to Southend Airport for an emergency landing. In order to avoid an overshoot he used 15 degrees of flap for the landing which resulted in a higher than normal airspeed at touchdown. The aircraft touched down about half-way along the runway in use, overran the paved area and collided with an earth bank. Of the thirty-two passengers and four crew on board the aircraft, two passengers were injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged.

CAUSE: "The accident was due to a late touchdown and inappropriate use of the flaps. Insufficient braking efficiency resulted in a higher speed of overrun than would have otherwise occurred."

Accident investigation: