Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 12 September 1953
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Fora Area Brasileira – FAB
Registration Number: 2051
Location: Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft hydraulic systemAircraft hydraulic system
Category: Accident
A hydraulic failure caused an aircraft to overrun the runway and sink rapidly into Guanabara Bay after attempting an aborted takeoff from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport.A hydraulic failure caused an aircraft to overrun the runway and sink rapidly into Guanabara Bay after attempting an aborted takeoff from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport.
Description
The aircraft overran the runway into Guanabara Bay after aborted takeoff from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) due to a hydraulic failure. The aircraft sank after five minutes.
Primary Cause
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