Crash-aerien 18 SEP 1984 d'un Douglas DC-8-55F HC-BKN - Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO)
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Statuts:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:mardi 18 septembre 1984
Heure:11:04
Type/Sous-type:Silhouette image of generic DC85 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas DC-8-55F
Compagnie:AECA - Aeroservicios Ecuatorianos
Immatriculation: HC-BKN
Numéro de série: 45754/224
Année de Fabrication: 1965
Heures de vol:60070
Cycles:17003
Moteurs: 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-
Equipage:victimes: 4 / à bord: 4
Passagers:victimes: 0 / à bord: 0
Total:victimes: 4 / à bord: 4
Victimes au sol:victimes: 49
Dégats de l'appareil: Perte Totale
Conséquences: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO) (   Equateur)
Phase de vol: Au décollage (TOF)
Nature:Cargo
Aéroport de départ:Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU), Equateur
Aéroport de destination:Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU), Equateur
Numéro de vol:767-103
Détails:
The DC-8 landed at Quito at 06:52 after a flight from Miami. Shortly after scheduled departure time of 09:00 members of the Ecuadorian Federation of Aircrews (FEDTA) requested and were granted permission to board the aircraft and discuss subjects relating to the aircrews' strike. The 4 Aeroservicios Ecuatorianos crewmembers didn't comply with the strike, after consulting AECA management. After a delay of about 2 hours, the no. 4 engine was started. The crew then ordered the aircraft to be towed to the runway, perhaps in order to hasten the departure. The other engines were started during the towing operation.
Pre-takeoff checks were not (or improperly) carried out. This caused the 0.05deg horizontal stabilizer nose-up to go undetected, while 8deg. nose-up is required for takeoff. The DC-8 thus barely climbed after a ground run, extended to 48 m beyond the runway end. The horizontal stabilizer struck the wooden structure of the ILS aerial, 83 m past the runway 35 end. The aircraft then crashed into houses, 460 m past the runway end and 35 m to the right of the extended centreline. A total of 25 houses were demolished.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The incorrect position of the horizontal stabilizer in relation to the aircraft's centre of gravity, which prevented the aircraft from reaching rotation and lift-off speed within the runway distance available.
Factors were: 1) Clearance of the aircraft from Quito was done incorrectly, since the MTOW permissible for the existing runway, wind and temperature conditions, the real take-off weight, the useful load distribution and the position of the aircraft's centre of gravity were not determined.
2) The crew's state of mind may have been a contributing factor in the accident. It is assumed that it prevented the crew from concentrating on all aspects of the operation they were performing."

Sources:
» ICAO Cirular 202-AN/123 p.115-130


Photos

photo of Douglas-DC-8-55F-HC-BKN
accident date: 18-09-1984
type: Douglas DC-8-55F
registration: HC-BKN
photo of DC-8-55F-F-BOLI
accident date: 18-09-1984
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-55F
registration: F-BOLI
 

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 Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport et Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport est de 271 km (170 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.
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