Date: | Wednesday 3 December 1975 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 747-123F (SCD) |
Owner/operator: | Trans Mediterranean Airways - TMA |
Registration: | OD-AGC |
MSN: | 20391/143 |
Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH) -
Greece
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
Narrative:Boeing 747 OD-AGC landed on runway 15, some 4800 feet past the displaced threshold with 5000 feet of runway remaining. Application of the thrust reversers was also done later than usual. The aircraft could not be brought to a halt before the end of the runway and aquaplaned off the runway, coming to rest across a public road.
The captain reported that there was heavy rain at the time of the accident and that he could see pools of water on the runway. The airplane aquaplaned, thus all braking methods did not function effectively.
Sources:
Rawad Aboulhosn (E-mail, 4-7-2012)
Location
Images:
photo (c) George Pantalos collection / photographer: Evangelos Kammenos; Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT); December 1975
photo (c) Ian Young; Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT); September 1977
photo (c) Ian Young; Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT); September 1977
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