Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 29 JUN 1983 |
| Hora: | 02:10 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-54G-10-DO |
| Operador: | Pacific Air Express |
| Registración: | N300JT |
| Numéro de série: | 36072 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1945 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 55517 |
| Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Considerable |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 6 km (3.8 milles) de Kahului, HI (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Hilo International Airport, HI (ITO/PHTO), Estados Unidos de América |
| Kahului Airport, HI (OGG/PHOG), Estados Unidos de América |
After intercepting the glide slope at 3000 feet (the aircraft was flying VFR, but the crew used the ILS as a reference), the pilot called for 2250rpm and gear extension. While descending through 2000 feet he noticed the aircraft slowing down and descending below the glide slope. Power was increased, but the engines didn't respond.
At 800 feet over the Outer Marker, all 4 engines failed simultaneously. The DC-4 freighter belly landed in a cane field, 6120 feet short of the runway, and 5820 feet right of the extended centreline.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Carburettor icing. Fuentes:
» Location of Commercial Aircraft Accidents/Incidents Relative to Runways / FAA, Office of Safety Oversight (DOT/FAA/AOV 90-1)
» NTSB Id. LAX 83FA310
Fotos
N404AD was bought by Pacific Air Express in December 1982 and re-registered N300JT in March 1983.
N12191 went on to fly for several U.S. operators before becoming N300JT in December 1982
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 Hilo International Airport, HI to Kahului Airport, HI as the crow flies is 194 km (121 miles).
Distance from Hilo International Airport, HI to Kahului Airport, HI as the crow flies is 194 km (121 miles).
