Détails:
The Constellation plane was being used to train the co-pilot in various manoeuvres and flight configurations prior to being tested for an ATPL (Airline Transport Pilot Rating) and to train a flight maintenance technician as a flight engineer. The aircraft crashed while carrying out a go-around at Topham Field, Canton Island.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Loss of control during an attempted go-around following initial touchdown, as a result of an undetected reversal of No.4 propeller."
» ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume II, Circular 71-AN/63 (52-57)
accident date: 26-04-1962
type: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
registration: N116A
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | jeudi 26 avril 1962 |
| Heure: | 12:13 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Lockheed L-749A Constellation |
| Compagnie: | Federal Aviation Agency - FAA |
| Immatriculation: | N116A |
| Numéro de série: | 2611 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1949 |
| Heures de vol: | 41481 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 2 |
| Total: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 6 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Canton Island Airport (CIS) ( Iles Kiribati)
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| Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
| Nature: | Entrainement |
| Aéroport de départ: | Canton Island Airport (CIS/PCIS), Iles Kiribati |
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The Constellation plane was being used to train the co-pilot in various manoeuvres and flight configurations prior to being tested for an ATPL (Airline Transport Pilot Rating) and to train a flight maintenance technician as a flight engineer. The aircraft crashed while carrying out a go-around at Topham Field, Canton Island.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Loss of control during an attempted go-around following initial touchdown, as a result of an undetected reversal of No.4 propeller."
Sources:
» CAB Accident Report File No. 2-0564» ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume II, Circular 71-AN/63 (52-57)
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accident date: 26-04-1962
type: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
registration: N116A
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