Date: | Saturday 14 November 1998 |
Time: | 05:44 |
Type: | Boeing 707-355C |
Owner/operator: | IAT Cargo |
Registration: | 5N-VRG |
MSN: | 19664/643 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Total airframe hrs: | 67790 hours |
Cycles: | 15984 flights |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (HK) |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Oostende Airport (OST) -
Belgium
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Oostende Airport (OST/EBOS) |
Destination airport: | Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Flight RCN302 took off from Oostende (OST), Belgium at 03:28 with a cargo of 35 tons of electronics. Heading south over Chimay, Belgium while at FL240 the aircraft encountered turbulence. The no. 3 engine detached, forcing the crew to return to Oostende. A holding pattern was flown to burn up fuel. While holding the airplane also suffered hydraulical problems. Finally an emergency landing was carried out at Oostende at 05:44. The plane overshot runway 26 by 100 m and came to rest just next to the localizer antenna.
Laboratory analyses revealed the presence of a fatigue crack on the inner mid spar fitting of engine #3. The crack has been present for a reasonable time. The Airworthiness Directive 93-11-02 asks the replacement of the fittings by improved model at least for July 97. The fittings of engine #3 were from the old design.
Due to the non application of AD 93-11-02, the aircraft was in a non-airworthy condition.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
Report on the accident B707 - reg. 5N-VRG at Ostend Airport on 14th November 1998 / Ministerie van Verkeer en Infrastructuur
Location
Images:
photo (c) RAM Data; Oostende; November 1998
photo (c) RAM Data; Oostende; November 1998
photo (c) RAM Data; Oostende; November 1998
photo (c) RAM Data; Oostende; November 1998
photo (c) RAM Data; Oostende; November 1998
photo (c) RAM Data; Oostende; November 1998
photo (c) RAM Data; Oostende; November 1998
photo (c) RAM Data; Oostende; November 1998
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Oostende; 18 November 1998
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Oostende Airport (OST); March 1998
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