Date: | Sunday 30 April 2000 |
Time: | 05:48 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F |
Owner/operator: | DAS Air Cargo |
Registration: | N800WR |
MSN: | 46955/228 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Total airframe hrs: | 69000 hours |
Cycles: | 20900 flights |
Engine model: | General Electric CF6-50C2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Entebbe Airport (EBB) -
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
Destination airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:DAS Air Cargo DC-10 freighter N800WR approached Entebbe runway 35 following a flight from London-Gatwick carrying over 50 tons of cargo. The airplane landed long: 4000-5000 feet down the 12000 feet long runway. The nosegear touched down 13 seconds after the main undercarriage. The DC-10 could not be brought to a halt and slid off the runway, into Lake Victoria about 100 meters from the southern end of the runway. The DC-10 ended up with the no. 1 and 3 engines submerged and cockpit section separated from the fuselage. The crewmembers were rescued with a life-raft within just 10 minutes of the accident.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
The Monitor
Location
Images:
photo (c) Jeroen Westram; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); January 2000
photo (c) Jeroen Westram; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); May 1999
photo (c) Jeroen Westram; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); November 1999
photo (c) Harro Ranter; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 03 September 1999; (CC:by-nc-nd)
photo (c) Harro Ranter; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 05 September 1999; (CC:by-nc-nd)
photo (c) Harro Ranter; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 05 September 1999; (CC:by-nc-nd)
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