Date: | Monday 18 April 1977 |
Time: | 15:22 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53 |
Owner/operator: | Philippine Air Lines |
Registration: | RP-C803 |
MSN: | 45937/324 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Total airframe hrs: | 35862 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 140 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND) -
Japan
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT) |
Destination airport: | Manila International Airport (MNL/RPLL) |
Investigating agency: | AAIC |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-8 was 1000 m into takeoff, using runway 15L, when it lifted off prematurely. The aircraft banked left, touched down again, veered off the runway and continued 800 m on the sod before coming to rest with the undercarriage and all 4 engines torn off.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Left elevator geared tab drive arm assemblies and elevator gust lock crank assembly had failed.
Accident investigation:
|
| |
Investigating agency: | AAIC |
Report number: | Final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
|
Sources:
Flight International 14 May 1977 (1298)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL); August 1968
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 31 January 1976
photo (c) Kjell Nilsson; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 10 July 1974
photo (c) Kazuhiro Kobayashi; Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND); 03 April 1977
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |