ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329646
| Date: | Saturday 19 April 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Air Liberia |
| Registration: | EL-AAB |
| MSN: | 12054 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB) -
 Liberia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB/GLRB) |
At 72 knots IAS in takeoff, the aircraft started yawing to the right. The pilot couldn't counter the yaw and the aircraft ran off the side of the runway. Both gears were sheared off and the DC-3 came to rest 160 m from the runway edge.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Deflation of the right tire.
Sources:
Aviation News 16.05.1975
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