Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 20 September 1979 |
Time: | 16:15 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
Operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
Registration: | ET-AGU |
MSN: | 13026 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Total airframe hrs: | 44676 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Oborso ( Ethiopia)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:During the final stage of the approach to runway 11 the right wheel struck a pile of stones that marked the runway threshold. The aircraft touched down about 25 m after the runway threshold and made a normal landing roll of about 450 m before the right main gear collapsed. The aircraft then abruptly veered 90 deg to the right and came to a stop with its tail section still lying on the runway.
Classification:
Landing gear collapse
Undershoot/overshoot
Sources:
» Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988
» ICAO Adrep
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.