Incident Overview

Date: Friday 30 March 1956
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 53-3150
Location: Ashiya Air Base – ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Second EngineSecond Engine
Category: Accident
A Japanese aircraft experienced a significant ground loop during takeoff from Ashiya Air Base due to a malfunctioning second engine. The pilot initiated a controlled ground loop maneuver, but failed to decelerate effectively on the wet runway, resulting in overrunning the runway and a crash landing at the edge of a slope. The aircraft’s maintenance condition prevented the ability to reverse the props.A Japanese aircraft experienced a significant ground loop during takeoff from Ashiya Air Base due to a malfunctioning second engine. The pilot initiated a controlled ground loop maneuver, but failed to decelerate effectively on the wet runway, resulting in overrunning the runway and a crash landing at the edge of a slope. The aircraft’s maintenance condition prevented the ability to reverse the props.

Description

During takeoff from Ashiya Air Base, Japan, the no.2 engine lost power at about 70 knots. The pilot aborted the takeoff and applied brakes, later assisted by the copilot. The aircraft did not decelerate on the wet runway and the pilot attempted to ground loop to the right, without the desired effect. In a last attempt the flight crew began to retract the undercarriage. The nose landing gear folded first and the doors separated. Then the left main gear retracted, followed by a partial retraction of the right main gear. The aircraft overran the runway and came to rest at the edge of a drop off with an undulating slope. The flight crew was not able to put the props in revers because they were locked out of reverse due to a maintenance condition.

Source of Information

http://www.ruudleeuw.com/c119-info-p3.htmhttp://www.ruudleeuw.com/c119-info-p3.htm

Primary Cause

Maintenance Condition ? Engine Failure and LockoutMaintenance Condition ? Engine Failure and Lockout

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