Narrative:
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.
» St. Thomas Source
accident date: 30-12-2003
type: Douglas DC-3C
registration: N781T
| Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Date: | Tuesday 30 December 2003 |
| Time: | 15:17 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3C |
| Operator: | Tol Air Services |
| Registration: | N781T |
| MSN: | 4306 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Saint Thomas-Cyril E. King Airport (STT) ( U.S. Virgin Islands)
|
| 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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accident date: 30-12-2003
type: Douglas DC-3C
registration: N781T
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