Date: | Wednesday 26 July 1995 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
Owner/operator: | ADC Airlines |
Registration: | 5N-BBA |
MSN: | 47217/360 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 91 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Monrovia-Sprigg Payne Airport (MLW) -
Liberia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC/DGAA) |
Destination airport: | Monrovia-Sprigg Payne Airport (MLW/GLMR) |
Narrative:After a flight from Lagos and Accra, the aircraft approached Monrovia in rain. The DC-9 touched down short of the runway, causing the undercarriage to collapse. The aircraft came to rest on the runway, 1600 feet from touchdown.
CAUSE: A rather flat and dangerously low approach flown by the commander of the aircraft thereby causing the main landing gear to hit the elevated threshold of the substandard runway.
Sources:
Air Safety Week 9:30 7 August 1995 (7)
Scramble 196(63)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Mojave-Kern County Airport, CA (MHV); February 1992
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