Status:	Final
Date:	26 MAR 1965
Time:	ca 08:15
Type:	Douglas C-47B-1-DK
Operator:	Aden Airways
Registration:	VR-AAA
C/n / msn:	14141/25586
First flight:	1944
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Hadibo (Yemen)
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Riyan Airport (RIY/ODAR), Yemen
Destination airport:	Hadibo, Yemen

Narrative:
On landing the aircraft did not decelerate as expected. To avoid overrunning the runway into the sea, the pilot groundlooped the plane to the left. The right undercarriage collapsed as a result.

OPINION: "The accident resulted from lack of knowledge of aerodrome runway characteristics on the part of the captain combined with a down-wind component which was difficult to determine without adequate wind indication on the ground."

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