Douglas DC-8 crash, Aug 18, 1993, Guantánamo Bay NAS
Douglas DC-8 accident on August 18, 1993 near Guantánamo Bay NAS, Guantánamo, Cuba with no fatalities. Cause: Crew fatigue and poor decision-making led...
- Date: August 18, 1993
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: Guantánamo Bay NAS, Guantánamo, Cuba
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Crew fatigue and poor decision-making led to a stall in a steep bank during the approach. Contributing factors included inadequate crew resource management and training for special airports, and the lack of a system to inform the tower of the inoperative strobe light.
A cargo DC-8-61 freighter on a flight from Norfolk to Guantanamo Bay turned onto final for runway 10 in steep bank with airspeed decaying. The right wing stalled at 200 to 300 feet and the aircraft struck level ground short of the runway. All three crew members survived with injuries. A runway strobe light that had been out of service was unknown to both the crew and the tower.