Descripción:
Flight 402 took off from Ciudad Trujillo runway 23 for a cargo flight to Miami. The Curtiss climbed to a height of 150 feet and entered a stall. The aircraft crashed about 300 feet to the left of the runway centerline and 200-300 feet short of the runway end.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was originally caused by a mechanical defect in the port engine. The immediate cause may have been that the crew, encountering difficulties, applied an abnormal procedure, apparently attempting an emergency wheels-up landing and immediately thereafter trying to resume normal flight by applying full power to both engines, as there was no sign that either propeller had been feathered. It is likely that propeller overspeed or excessive decrease in pitch, or difficulties in the attempt to reoperate the defective engine, combined with critical speed at the height reached on takeoff, created abnormal flight characteristics which caused the aircraft to stall and crash."
| Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Fecha: | jueves 17 julio 1958 |
| Hora: | 10:16 UTC |
| Tipo: |  Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando |
| Operador: | Dominicana de Aviacion |
| Registración: | HI-16 |
| Numéro de série: | 442 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1945 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport (SDQ) ( República Dominicana)
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| Fase: | Despegue (TOF) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport (SDQ/MDSD), República Dominicana |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), Estados Unidos de América | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 402 |
Flight 402 took off from Ciudad Trujillo runway 23 for a cargo flight to Miami. The Curtiss climbed to a height of 150 feet and entered a stall. The aircraft crashed about 300 feet to the left of the runway centerline and 200-300 feet short of the runway end.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was originally caused by a mechanical defect in the port engine. The immediate cause may have been that the crew, encountering difficulties, applied an abnormal procedure, apparently attempting an emergency wheels-up landing and immediately thereafter trying to resume normal flight by applying full power to both engines, as there was no sign that either propeller had been feathered. It is likely that propeller overspeed or excessive decrease in pitch, or difficulties in the attempt to reoperate the defective engine, combined with critical speed at the height reached on takeoff, created abnormal flight characteristics which caused the aircraft to stall and crash."
Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (165-166)Fotos
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Distance from Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1358 km (849 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1358 km (849 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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