Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 15 August 1959
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3A-414A
Owner/operator: Lineas Areas Costarricenses – LACSA
Registration Number: TI-1005C
Location: San Isidro de El General Airport –
ÿ Costa Rica
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft brakesAircraft brakes
Category: Accident
A DC-3 aircraft, operating with reduced braking capacity due to a very wet runway, crashed into a house after skidding off the runway at La Sabana Airport. A baby was killed.A DC-3 aircraft, operating with reduced braking capacity due to a very wet runway, crashed into a house after skidding off the runway at La Sabana Airport. A baby was killed.
Description
The aircraft departed La Sabana Airport at 12:11 for a 27-minute flight to San Isidro. The aircraft touched down on runway 02, which was very wet. The DC-3 skidded off the runway and crashed into a house, 20 feet past the runway area. A baby living in the house was killed. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The crew could not hold back the aircraft on its landing run because of the ineffectiveness of the brakes on an extremely wet runway. This condition was aggravated by the fact that the aircraft was operating with almost maximum landing weight.”
Primary Cause
Inadequate braking performance due to the extreme wetness of the runway, compounded by the aircraft operating with near-maximum landing weight.Inadequate braking performance due to the extreme wetness of the runway, compounded by the aircraft operating with near-maximum landing weight.Share on:
