Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 24 February 1966
Aircraft Type: Hawker Siddeley DH-125-1A
Owner/operator: Kewitt Construction Company
Registration Number: N1135K
Location: Des Moines Airport, IA (DSM) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Aircraft control system (gust locks)Aircraft control system (gust locks)
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A flight attempting takeoff was aborted due to the pilot deploying gust locks, despite the locks remaining engaged. The aircraft subsequently overran runway 23 and entered a ploughed field.A flight attempting takeoff was aborted due to the pilot deploying gust locks, despite the locks remaining engaged. The aircraft subsequently overran runway 23 and entered a ploughed field.
Description
Takeoff was attempted with the gust locks still engaged. The takeoff was aborted, but the plane overran runway 23 and crossed a ditch and went into a ploughed field. PROBABLE CAUSES: pilot in command – inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning pilot in command – delayed action in aborting takeoff FACTOR: miscellaneous acts,conditions – gust locks engaged
Primary Cause
Miscellaneous acts, conditions: gust locks engagedMiscellaneous acts, conditions: gust locks engagedShare on:
