Douglas DC-8 crash, Jan 28, 1996, Harare
Douglas DC-8 accident on January 28, 1996 near Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe with no fatalities. Cause: Landing overrun on a wet runway after...
- Date: January 28, 1996
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Landing overrun on a wet runway after aquaplaning, with reduced braking, unserviceable reverse thrust on two engines, spoilers not armed, and the approach checklist not followed.
A Douglas DC-8 cargo flight from Johannesburg landed on a wet runway at Harare in heavy rain and could not stop. It overran the runway, lost its nose gear and came to rest, and all five crew escaped uninjured. The aircraft was written off.