Date: | Friday 24 February 1978 |
Time: | 08:26 |
Type: | Douglas DC-6BF |
Owner/operator: | West Indies Air Transport |
Registration: | N6103C |
MSN: | 44103/392 |
Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU) -
Puerto Rico
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Destination airport: | San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU/TJSJ) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The undercarriage had to be recycled prior to landing in order to obtain a down and locked indication. The right main gear was still retracted, however. Despite a warning from the tower controller, the crew continued to land. The DC-6 veered off the runway and ended up in a drainage ditch, 4300 feet from the runway threshold and 200 feet to the right of the centerline.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - failed to assure the gear was down and locked
pilot in command - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improper emergency procedures
FACTOR:
airframe - landing gear: normal retraction/extension assembly
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | MIA78FA047 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Aviation News 17.03.1978
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 27 August 1973
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