Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 29 JUN 1983 |
| Heure: | 02:10 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas C-54G-10-DO |
| Compagnie: | Pacific Air Express |
| Immatriculation: | N300JT |
| Numéro de série: | 36072 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1945 |
| Heures de vol: | 55517 |
| Moteurs: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 6 km (3.8 milles) de Kahului, HI (Etats-Unis d'Amérique) |
| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Hilo International Airport, HI (ITO/PHTO), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Kahului Airport, HI (OGG/PHOG), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
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. Sources:
» Location of Commercial Aircraft Accidents/Incidents Relative to Runways / FAA, Office of Safety Oversight (DOT/FAA/AOV 90-1)
» NTSB Id. LAX 83FA310
Photos
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
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Hilo International Airport, HI et Kahului Airport, HI est de 194 km (121 miles).
La distance entre Hilo International Airport, HI et Kahului Airport, HI est de 194 km (121 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
