Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 1 February 1958
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-4
Owner/operator: Loide Areo Nacional
Registration Number: PP-LEM
Location: Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 67
Component Affected: Landing gear tyreLanding gear tyre
Category: Accident
A DC-4 aircraft, en route from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, experienced a sudden engine failure during a night takeoff. The aircraft immediately aborted the takeoff and applied brakes, resulting in a tyre burst from the landing gear at approximately 100 meters from the runway end, leading to a fire. The probable cause was a failure of the No. 4 engine and malfunctioning of the starboard brakes.A DC-4 aircraft, en route from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, experienced a sudden engine failure during a night takeoff. The aircraft immediately aborted the takeoff and applied brakes, resulting in a tyre burst from the landing gear at approximately 100 meters from the runway end, leading to a fire. The probable cause was a failure of the No. 4 engine and malfunctioning of the starboard brakes.
Description
During a night takeoff from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, the no. 4 engine failed. The crew abandoned the takeoff, reduced power and applied the brakes. At 100 m before the runway end a tyre from the landing gear burst, causing the DC-4 to run off the side of the runway bursting into flames. PROBABLE CAUSE: “1) Failure of No.4 engine. 2) Malfunctioning of the starboard brakes.”
Source of Information
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