Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 24 FEB 1978 |
| Time: | 08:26 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-6BF |
| Operator: | West Indies Air Transport |
| Registration: | N6103C |
| C/n / msn: | 44103/392 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU) (Puerto Rico) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
| San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU/TJSJ), Puerto Rico |
The undercarriage had to be recycled prior to landing in order to obtain a down and locked indication. The right main gear was still retracted, however. Despite a warning from the tower controller, the crew continued to land. The DC-6 veered off the runway and ended up in a drainage ditch, 4300 feet from the runway threshold and 200 feet to the right of the centerline.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - failed to assure the gear was down and locked
pilot in command - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improper emergency procedures
FACTOR:
airframe - landing gear: normal retraction/extension assembly Sources:
» Aviation News 17.03.1978
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Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport as the crow flies is 1672 km (1045 miles).
Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport as the crow flies is 1672 km (1045 miles).
