Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 16 October 1969
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
Owner/operator: Seaboard World Airlines
Registration Number: N8634
Location: Stockton Airport, CA (SCK) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Aircraft Ground Spoiler SystemAircraft Ground Spoiler System
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A DC-8 aircraft, used for recurrent training and proficiency checks, experienced a takeoff failure due to a false ground spoiler position indication during a touch and go landing at Stockton. The captain aborted the takeoff, resulting in the aircraft overrunning the runway. The probable cause was a simulated ground spoiler position that led to a premature termination of the takeoff.A DC-8 aircraft, used for recurrent training and proficiency checks, experienced a takeoff failure due to a false ground spoiler position indication during a touch and go landing at Stockton. The captain aborted the takeoff, resulting in the aircraft overrunning the runway. The probable cause was a simulated ground spoiler position that led to a premature termination of the takeoff.
Description
The DC-8 was being used for recurrent training and annual proficiency checks of first officers. The plane took off from Oakland to perform training manoeuvres in the Stockton area. During a touch and go at Stockton runway 29R the takeoff warning horn sounded and the ground spoiler light illuminated. The captain aborted the takeoff, but the aircraft overran the runway. PROBABLE CAUSE: “A false ground spoiler position indication during the takeoff portion of a touch and go landing that induced the captain to discontinue the takeoff at a point too far down the runway to permit him to stop the aircraft on the runway.”
Primary Cause
False ground spoiler position indication during the takeoff portion of a touch and go landing inducing the captain to discontinue the takeoff at a point too far down the runway to permit him to stop the aircraft on the runway.False ground spoiler position indication during the takeoff portion of a touch and go landing inducing the captain to discontinue the takeoff at a point too far down the runway to permit him to stop the aircraft on the runway.Share on:
