ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334224
Date: | Wednesday 4 June 1958 |
Time: | 13:58 |
Type: | Douglas C-53B (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Capital Airlines |
Registration: | N49553 |
MSN: | 4820 |
Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Martinsburg Airport, WV (MRB) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA) |
Destination airport: | Martinsburg-Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport/Shepherd Field, WV (MRB/KMRB) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-3 was on a training flight, practicing takeoffs and landings at Martinsburg. Following a single-engine approach to runway 08 the trainee tried to climb out, but the aircraft stalled and crashed into a wooded area.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Following the trainee-pilot's failure to maintain minimum-control speed during an attempted go-around, the instructor-pilot failed to take control of the aircraft in sufficient time to prevent a critical loss of altitude. A contributing factor was the malfunction of the landing gear latch which delayed retraction of the landing gear and caused the distraction of the instructor-pilot for several seconds during a critical period of the go-around."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (155-160)
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