Détails:
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."
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | jeudi 17 juillet 1958 |
| Heure: | 10:16 UTC |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando |
| Compagnie: | Dominicana de Aviacion |
| Immatriculation: | HI-16 |
| Numéro de série: | 442 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1945 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport (SDQ) ( République Dominicaine)
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| Phase de vol: | Au décollage (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport (SDQ/MDSD), République Dominicaine |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 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."
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (165-166)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 Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport et Miami International Airport, FL est de 1358 km (849 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
La distance entre Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport et Miami International Airport, FL est de 1358 km (849 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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