Narrative:
The aircraft had carried out several takeoffs and landings at Flandes for co-pilot type training. During the last takeoff the landing gear failed to retract. The Lodestar returned to Bogotá were a flapless landing was carried out on runway 12. Braking attempts proved ineffective, causing the plane to depart the runway, coming to rest in a drainage ditch.
It appeared that a pressure line in the hydraulic system was broken in the right landing gear well, causing a leak of hydraulic fluid.
Runway excursion
» Aviation News 15-2-1974
» El Tiempo 6 January 1974, p9B
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 5 January 1974 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
| Operator: | Aeropesca Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-1146 |
| MSN: | 18-2327 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) ( Colombia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
The aircraft had carried out several takeoffs and landings at Flandes for co-pilot type training. During the last takeoff the landing gear failed to retract. The Lodestar returned to Bogotá were a flapless landing was carried out on runway 12. Braking attempts proved ineffective, causing the plane to depart the runway, coming to rest in a drainage ditch.
It appeared that a pressure line in the hydraulic system was broken in the right landing gear well, causing a leak of hydraulic fluid.
Classification:
Hydraulic system problemRunway excursion
Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson» Aviation News 15-2-1974
» El Tiempo 6 January 1974, p9B
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