Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Sep 26, 2000, Charlot...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on September 26, 2000 near Charlotte-Douglas, North Carolina, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The right...
- Date: September 26, 2000
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Charlotte-Douglas, North Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The right main wheel brake locked after touchdown, causing the aircraft to yaw off the runway and the landing gear to collapse. No fault was found in the brake assembly or hydraulic fluid.
A Saber Cargo DC-3 on a positioning flight from Anderson landed on runway 5 at Charlotte-Douglas at 85 knots. The right main wheel brake locked, the aircraft yawed off the runway, and the right main gear collapsed, leaving the aircraft nosed over. Both crew were uninjured.