Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 13 April 1977
Aircraft Type: Howard 350
Owner/operator: Equipment Specialists Inc.
Registration Number: N570FT
Location: Tenerife, Magdalena –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Propeller blade number 1Propeller blade number 1
Category: Accident
An aircraft took off from runway 18 and subsequently veered to the left, resulting in a ground impact and subsequent fire. The propeller blade number 1 struck the ground, broke off, and the aircraft lost its engines and components.An aircraft took off from runway 18 and subsequently veered to the left, resulting in a ground impact and subsequent fire. The propeller blade number 1 struck the ground, broke off, and the aircraft lost its engines and components.
Description
When taking off from runway 18 the aircraft veered to the left and ran off the runway. The blades of propeller no. 1 struck the ground, became embedded and broke off. The main impact came some 55 m further on, when the aircraft nosed over and caught fire, losing its engines and other components. The fuselage then travelled about 30 m before the tail broke off some 40 m from the main impact. The wreckage was scattered over a distance of about 100 m. Date of the accident has not been confirmed.
Primary Cause
Propeller blade failure and subsequent fire.Propeller blade failure and subsequent fire.Share on:
