Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 30 DEC 2003 |
| Time: | 15:17 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3C |
| Operator: | Tol Air Services |
| Registration: | N781T |
| C/n / msn: | 4306 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Saint Thomas-Cyril E. King Airport (STT) (U.S. Virgin Islands)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | San Juan (unknown airport), Puerto Rico |
| Saint Thomas-Cyril E. King Airport (STT/TIST), U.S. Virgin Islands |
Landing gear trouble caused the right main landing gear to collapsed after landing on runway 10. The DC-3 slid off the side of the runway onto a grassy area.
Sources:
» FAA
» St. Thomas Source
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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.
