Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 6 November 1968
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-54A-15-DC (DC-4)
Owner/operator: VASP – Via?o Area S?o Paulo
Registration Number: PP-LEW
Location: Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: UndercarriageUndercarriage
Category: Accident
A belly landing occurred due to a crew error ? the undercarriage was not lowered to the designated landing surface.A belly landing occurred due to a crew error ? the undercarriage was not lowered to the designated landing surface.
Description
Belly landing because the crew forgot to lower the undercarriage.
Primary Cause
Crew error ? failure to lower the undercarriage.Crew error ? failure to lower the undercarriage.Share on:
