Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 22 November 1962
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4)
Owner/operator: For‡a A‚rea Portuguesa
Registration Number: 7502
Location: S?o Tom‚, Ilha de S?o Tom‚ – ÿ S?o Tom‚ and Pr¡ncipe
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 37
Component Affected: Aircraft structureAircraft structure
Category: Accident
A heavy rain takeoff resulted in a collision with terrain, potentially due to an overloaded aircraft.A heavy rain takeoff resulted in a collision with terrain, potentially due to an overloaded aircraft.

Description

Taking off in heavy rain, the aircraft collided with terrain. The aircraft was possibly overloaded.

Primary Cause

Overloaded aircraftOverloaded aircraft

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