Incident Overview
Date: Friday 11 May 1962
Aircraft Type: Lockheed SP-2H Neptune
Owner/operator: Marine Luchtvaart Dienst – MLD
Registration Number: 200
Location: Biak-Boroekoe Royal Dutch Navy Air Station –
ÿ Indonesia
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Hydraulic system of the Neptune aircraft.Hydraulic system of the Neptune aircraft.
Category: Accident
The Neptune aircraft experienced a loss of directional control during landing, resulting in a runway run and subsequent impact in a ditch due to a hydraulic leak caused by an engine failure.The Neptune aircraft experienced a loss of directional control during landing, resulting in a runway run and subsequent impact in a ditch due to a hydraulic leak caused by an engine failure.
Description
The Neptune suffered a loss of directional control on landing and ran off the runway, coming to rest in a ditch. A hydraulic leak had occurred following an engine failure.
Source of Information
http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/site/article.do?code=LC&date=19620512&id=LC-19620512-6004, http://militaireluchtvaartnederland.nl/planes/maritime-sar/58/95/http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/site/article.do?code=LC&date=19620512&id=LC-19620512-6004, http://militaireluchtvaartnederland.nl/planes/maritime-sar/58/95/Primary Cause
Hydraulic leak resulting from an engine failure during landing.Hydraulic leak resulting from an engine failure during landing.Share on:
