Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 28 September 1968
Aircraft Type: Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Owner/operator: Eastern Provincial Airways
Registration Number: CF-EPX
Location: near Twin Falls, NL –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38
Component Affected: Aircraft wheelsAircraft wheels
Category: Accident
A Carvair aircraft pilot, with limited experience, attempted a premature touchdown on a short runway. A collision with an embankment resulted in significant damage, including nosegear impact, a feathering of the second propeller, and a runway swing. The pilot?s distraction with the landing hazard led to a dangerous proximity to the runway threshold.A Carvair aircraft pilot, with limited experience, attempted a premature touchdown on a short runway. A collision with an embankment resulted in significant damage, including nosegear impact, a feathering of the second propeller, and a runway swing. The pilot?s distraction with the landing hazard led to a dangerous proximity to the runway threshold.
Description
The pilot, who had limited experience on Carvair aircraft, possibly wanted to touch down as early as possible on the short runway. The main wheels however struck the top of an embankment about 8 feet from the runway threshold. The pilot overshoot and had to feather the no. 2 prop immediately, because the engine was not developing power. The aircraft circled for a while and then touched down on its nosegear. The plane settled on the left wing and swung off the runway. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The pilot’s distraction with the landing hazard led him to attempt a touchdown dangerously close to the runway threshold. The pilot was assigned to perform a landing on a marginal landing area.”
Primary Cause
Pilot?s distraction with the landing hazard led him to attempt a touchdown dangerously close to the runway threshold.Pilot?s distraction with the landing hazard led him to attempt a touchdown dangerously close to the runway threshold.Share on:
