Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 28 March 1970
Aircraft Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
Owner/operator: DETA Moambique Airlines
Registration Number: CR-AIB
Location: Loureno Marques Airport (MPM) –
ÿ Mozambique
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Landing gear and the aircraft’s trajectory.Landing gear and the aircraft’s trajectory.
Category: Accident
An F-27 aircraft banked to the right and crashed 450 meters to the right and 750 meters from the threshold after encountering a feathered no. 2 propeller and down-turned landing gear at Loureno Marques Airport.An F-27 aircraft banked to the right and crashed 450 meters to the right and 750 meters from the threshold after encountering a feathered no. 2 propeller and down-turned landing gear at Loureno Marques Airport.
Description
After over flying Loureno Marques (now Maputo) Airport’s runway 23 at low speed with the no. 2 prop feathered and the landing gear down, the F-27 banked to the right and crashed 450 m to the right and 750 m from the threshold.
Primary Cause
Loss of control due to a combination of propeller feathering and landing gear down, resulting in a trajectory deviation.Loss of control due to a combination of propeller feathering and landing gear down, resulting in a trajectory deviation.Share on:
