Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 JAN 1967 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
| Operator: | United Arab Airlines - UAA |
| Registration: | SU-ANL |
| C/n / msn: | 44104/397 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Hodeidah Airport (HOD) (Yemen) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Hodeidah Airport (HOD/ODHD), Yemen |
On landing, directional control was lost due to improper reversing technique. The DC-6 groundlooped off the runway, causing the gear to collapse. The airplane was reportedly later flown to Cairo and scrapped there.
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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.
