Incident Overview
Date: Friday 4 February 1972
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada C-7A Caribou (DHC-4)
Owner/operator: Air America
Registration Number: 393
Location: Pha Khao –
ÿ Laos
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 38
Component Affected: Left engine of the Caribou transport aircraft.Left engine of the Caribou transport aircraft.
Category: Accident
A Caribou transport aircraft carrying Lao military forces to a forward position was making a normal landing approach when an obstruction was sighted on the runway. The pilot initiated a go-around but the left engine failed to respond, resulting in the aircraft pancakeing into the ground. One Lao Air Freight Specialist and one Lao military passenger were killed. The Caribou, leased from the US Air Force (serial 61-2393), sustained significant damage and was abandoned at the crash site.A Caribou transport aircraft carrying Lao military forces to a forward position was making a normal landing approach when an obstruction was sighted on the runway. The pilot initiated a go-around but the left engine failed to respond, resulting in the aircraft pancakeing into the ground. One Lao Air Freight Specialist and one Lao military passenger were killed. The Caribou, leased from the US Air Force (serial 61-2393), sustained significant damage and was abandoned at the crash site.
Description
The Caribou transport aircraft, carrying Lao military forces to a forward position, was making a normal landing approach when an obstruction was sighted on the runway. The pilot initiated a go-around but the left engine failed to respond and the aircraft’s left wing contacted the ground causing the aircraft to pancake into the ground. One Lao Air Freight Specialist and one Lao military passenger were killed. The Caribou, which had been leased from the US Air Force (serial 61-2393), sustained major damage and, after the recovery of several components, was abandoned at the crash site.
Source of Information
http://www.dhc4and5.org/http://www.dhc4and5.org/Primary Cause
Engine failure during a go-around.Engine failure during a go-around.Share on:
