Détails:
After a normal takeoff run and lift-off from runway 21 the pilot's attention was momentarily distracted by rainwater which was falling on his shirt sleeve from the window channel. The distraction occurred as the landing gear was being retracted and inadvertent action by the pilot caused two propellers to strike the runway. The no. 4 prop and engine were damaged by metal pieces projected from the damaged no. 3 prop causing increasingly severe vibrations. As a right wing heaviness developed, a sudden excessive rise of EGT (exhaust gas temperature) of the no. 2 and no. 3 engine was noted and the pilot carried out an emergency wheels-up landing on a harvested wheat field. Touchdown was about 6930 feet beyond the end of the runway 21 and 21deg right of the extended centreline.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's diversion of his attention during takeoff which allowed the aircraft to settle to the runway striking the Nos. 2 and 3 propellers."
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | dimanche 8 juillet 1962 |
| Heure: | 07:06 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Vickers 812 Viscount |
| Compagnie: | Continental Air Lines |
| Immatriculation: | N243V |
| Numéro de série: | 354 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1958 |
| Heures de vol: | 11164 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 13 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 16 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Amarillo-Air Terminal, TX (AMA) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | Au décollage (TOF) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Amarillo-Air Terminal, TX (AMA/KAMA), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Lubbock International Airport, TX (LBB/KLBB), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 210 |
After a normal takeoff run and lift-off from runway 21 the pilot's attention was momentarily distracted by rainwater which was falling on his shirt sleeve from the window channel. The distraction occurred as the landing gear was being retracted and inadvertent action by the pilot caused two propellers to strike the runway. The no. 4 prop and engine were damaged by metal pieces projected from the damaged no. 3 prop causing increasingly severe vibrations. As a right wing heaviness developed, a sudden excessive rise of EGT (exhaust gas temperature) of the no. 2 and no. 3 engine was noted and the pilot carried out an emergency wheels-up landing on a harvested wheat field. Touchdown was about 6930 feet beyond the end of the runway 21 and 21deg right of the extended centreline.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's diversion of his attention during takeoff which allowed the aircraft to settle to the runway striking the Nos. 2 and 3 propellers."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume I, Circular 71-AN/63 (37-39)Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Amarillo-Air Terminal, TX et Lubbock International Airport, TX est de 172 km (108 miles).
La distance entre Amarillo-Air Terminal, TX et Lubbock International Airport, TX est de 172 km (108 miles).
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