ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) ET-AGU Oborso
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Date:Thursday 20 September 1979
Time:16:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
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)
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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