Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 03 JUN 1971 |
| Time: | 01:25 UTC |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK |
| Operator: | Moormanair |
| Registration: | PH-MOA |
| C/n / msn: | 16605/33353 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6372 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 36 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Southend Municipal Airport (SEN) (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Southend Municipal Airport (SEN/EGMC), United Kingdom |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands |
The Moormanair DC-3 was chartered to fly Ajax football supporters back to the Netherlands.
Following a fall in manifold pressure and the discovery of an oil leak in the starboard engine soon after a night take-off the pilot decided to return to Southend Airport for an emergency landing. In order to avoid an overshoot he used 15 degrees of flap for the landing which resulted in a higher than normal airspeed
at touchdown. The aircraft touched down about half-way along the runway in use, overran the paved area and collided with an earth bank. Of the thirty-two passengers and four crew on board the aircraft, two passengers were injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged.
CAUSE: "The accident was due to a late touchdown and inappropriate use of the flaps. Insufficient braking efficiency resulted in a higher speed of overrun than
would have otherwise occurred." Sources:
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
Official accident investigation report
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Southend Municipal Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport as the crow flies is 289 km (180 miles).
Distance from Southend Municipal Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport as the crow flies is 289 km (180 miles).
