Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 17 July 1935
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-2-115E
Owner/operator: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Registration Number: PH-AKM
Location: Bushehr (Bushire) Airport –
ÿ Iran
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Component Affected: Starboard Main GearStarboard Main Gear
Category: Accident
A DC-2 aircraft named ‘Maraboe’ experienced a catastrophic takeoff due to a starboard main gear failure caused by runway unevenness, resulting in a fire and subsequent loss of aircraft.A DC-2 aircraft named ‘Maraboe’ experienced a catastrophic takeoff due to a starboard main gear failure caused by runway unevenness, resulting in a fire and subsequent loss of aircraft.
Description
The DC-2 named “Maraboe” suffered a takeoff accident when the starboard main gear broke due to runway unevenness. The four crew and eight passengers escaped unhurt. The aircraft caught fire and burned out. The aircraft operated on a flight from Batavia (now Jakarta) to Amsterdam with en route stops at a.o. Jodhpur, Bushire and Baghdad.
Primary Cause
Runway unevenness caused a sudden and severe failure of the starboard main gear during takeoff.Runway unevenness caused a sudden and severe failure of the starboard main gear during takeoff.Share on:
