Accident
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 28 JUI 1987 |
| Heure: | 21:02 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | La Mesa Leasing Inc. |
| Immatriculation: | N39DT |
| Numéro de série: | 4871 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1942 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Laredo International Airport, TX (LRD) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Laredo International Airport, TX (LRD/KLRD), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Ciudad Camargo Airport, Mexique |
The left engine failed during initial climb immediately after lift-off. Airspeed could not be maintained a.o. because the aircraft was loaded to 3,809 pounds above its maximum allowable takeoff gross weight. An emergency landing was attempted but directional control was lost and the aircraft stalled/mushed and collided with the terrain alongside the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
Preflight planning/preparation .. inadequate .. pilot in command
1 engine .. failure,total
Aircraft weight and balance .. exceeded .. pilot in command
Airspeed(Vs) .. not possible .. pilot in command
Stall/mush .. inadvertent .. pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
Landing gear,main gear .. overload
Landing gear,main gear .. failure,total Sources:
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N26H was bought by La Mesa Leasing Inc.in 1980 and re-registered N39DT the same year.
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.
