Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | mercredi 4 juin 1958 |
Heure: | 13:58 |
Type/Sous-type: | Douglas C-53B (DC-3) |
Compagnie: | Capital Airlines |
Immatriculation: | N49553 |
Numéro de série: | 4820 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1941 |
Equipage: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 3 |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
Total: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 3 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | Martinsburg Airport, WV (MRB) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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Phase de vol: | Inconnu (UNK) |
Nature: | Entrainement |
Aéroport de départ: | Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Aéroport de destination: | Martinsburg-Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport/Shepherd Field, WV (MRB/KMRB), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Numéro de vol: | V-3 |
Détails: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:
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 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (155-160)
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Washington-National Airport, DC et Martinsburg-Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport/Shepherd Field, WV est de 101 km (63 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 tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.