Incident Overview
Date: Friday 26 March 1965
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Aden Airways
Registration Number: VR-AAA
Location: Hadibo –
ÿ Yemen
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: Right undercarriageRight undercarriage
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a groundlooping maneuver during landing, resulting in a collapse of the right undercarriage. The pilot?s lack of knowledge regarding runway characteristics and a difficult downwind component contributed to the incident.An aircraft experienced a groundlooping maneuver during landing, resulting in a collapse of the right undercarriage. The pilot?s lack of knowledge regarding runway characteristics and a difficult downwind component contributed to the incident.
Description
On landing the aircraft did not decelerate as expected. To avoid overrunning the runway into the sea, the pilot groundlooped the plane to the left. The right undercarriage collapsed as a result. OPINION: “The accident resulted from lack of knowledge of aerodrome runway characteristics on the part of the captain combined with a down-wind component which was difficult to determine without adequate wind indication on the ground.”
Primary Cause
Lack of knowledge of aerodrome runway characteristics combined with a difficult downwind component.Lack of knowledge of aerodrome runway characteristics combined with a difficult downwind component.Share on:
