Island Air Transport DC4 at New Smyrna Beach on Aug 20th 2014, nose gear collapse on hard landing
Last Update: August 21, 2014 / 20:13:50 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 20, 2014
Classification
Accident
Airline
Island Air Transport
Aircraft Registration
N9015Q
Aircraft Type
DOUGLAS HC-54 Skymaster
ICAO Type Designator
DC4
New Smyrna Beach Police reported the piston powered airliner and transport aircraft hit the ground after it landed at 3:57pm.
Airport officials reported the nose gear collapsed after a hard touch down.
The FAA reported the nose gear collapsed on landing at New Smyrna Beach Airport. The FAA is investigating the occurrence, the departure aerodrome is unknown at this time.
According to the FAA registry Island Air Transport LLC based in Delaware (USA) holds an Air Transport AOC and operates just one aircraft, the Douglas C54-D registration N9015Q.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 20, 2014
Classification
Accident
Airline
Island Air Transport
Aircraft Registration
N9015Q
Aircraft Type
DOUGLAS HC-54 Skymaster
ICAO Type Designator
DC4
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