Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 23 December 1967
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-6B
Owner/operator: Sterling Airways
Registration Number: OY-EAN
Location: Gteborg-Torslanda Airport –
ÿ Sweden
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 55
Component Affected: Aircraft control system (specifically reverse thrust and landing gear).Aircraft control system (specifically reverse thrust and landing gear).
Category: Accident
A flight from Stockholm to Gothenburg was aborted due to insufficient visual references, leading to a landing at a high altitude. The captain subsequently took control at low altitude and landed heavily.A flight from Stockholm to Gothenburg was aborted due to insufficient visual references, leading to a landing at a high altitude. The captain subsequently took control at low altitude and landed heavily.
Description
Flight 821 took off from Stockholm at 06:37 for a flight to Gothenburg. Insufficient visual references caused the crew to discontinue the first approach at critical height. On the second approach, the captain took over control at low altitude and landed heavily 3000 feet after the threshold. PROBABLE CAUSE: “Nonregulative use of reverse before firm ground contact.”
Primary Cause
Nonregulative use of reverse before firm ground contact.Nonregulative use of reverse before firm ground contact.Share on:
