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Crash of a Beechcraft 350C Super King Air in Santiago de Compostela
Date & Time:
Jun 7, 2001 at 0213 LT
Registration:
F-GOAE
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Le Mans - Santiago de Compostela
MSN:
FM-1
YOM:
1990
Flight number:
OPE062
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total hours on type:
211.00
Copilot / Total hours on type:
268
Aircraft flight hours:
5331
Aircraft flight cycles:
7451
Circumstances:
While on approach to Santiago de Compostela Airport, around 0000LT, meteorological conditions were reported to be good, and the crew requested a visual approach to runway 17, even though the active runway was 35. Once cleared to land, the aircraft encountered a fog patch and from this moment it began a high rate descent (2,000 to 3,000 feet per minute). A minute after entering an unexpected and unforeseen fog patch, at 00:13:02 of June 7, the aircraft struck some trees, in level flight and with an airspeed of 148 knots. The wings and engines detached from the fuselage, and they dragged along a scrubland area until they came to a stop. The crew suffered minor injuries and the aircraft was completely destroyed.
Probable cause:
The probable cause was the decision to start a visual approach without having the runway in sight and the continuance of the visual approach in spite of the loss of external visual references, as they unexpectedly entered a fog patch.
Final Report:
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Crash of an Airbus A320-214 in Bilbao
Date & Time:
Feb 7, 2001 at 2309 LT
Registration:
EC-HKJ
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Barcelona – Bilbao
MSN:
1278
YOM:
2000
Flight number:
IB1456
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
136
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Aircraft flight hours:
1149
Aircraft flight cycles:
869
Circumstances:
The aircraft was on its final approach to runway 30 of Bilbao Airport. The aircraft, operated by Iberia, was employed on flight IB1456, a scheduled domestic flight from Barcelona to Bilbao, with 136 passengers and 7 crew members on board. The expected flight time was 53 minutes. The current conditions in Bilbao were night VMC, with a 10 knots and southwest (SW) wind and gusts of up to 25 knots. Visibility was more than 10 km and there were scattered clouds above 5,600 feet. The sun had set four hours earlier and all electronic and visual aids in the airport were fully operational. There was no rain and the flight was conducted unter IFR rules. Since the takeoff from Barcelona at 2201LT, the flight had been uneventful. The pilot flying was seated on the right hand side, and he was in line flying under supervision. The captain seated on the left hand side was supervising the flight. A third flight crew member, seated in the jumpseat, was the first officer who had given his seat to the pilot under supervision on the right hand seat. On course to Bilbao, the aircraft flew over Pamplona at FL150, where they were informed of possible light turbulence. A about 25 NM from their destination and at 7,500 feet altitude, they crossed a small cumulus with strong turbulence. Descending through 6,000 feet and established on the Bilbao localizer they found winds of 55 knots. The ATC tower (TWR) of Bilbao cleared them to land on runway 30, and informed the decision height, 247 feet, under VMC conditions and continued the approach to land. One minute prior to touchdown, the tower informed of wind conditions of 240° 8 knots. The aircraft conditions during the approach were: weight, 62,380 kilos; centre of gravity, 28,66% MAC, full flaps. The reference speed (Vref) was 132 knots and the approach speed (Vapp), 142 knots. Autopilot was disconnected by the crew at 400 feet to continue the approach manually. In the last few seconds prior to touchdown, the vertical descent speed was very high, around 1,200 feet per minute (6 metres per second) and the 'sink rate' warning of the GPWS sounded twice. The aircraft did not react to the pitch-up order input applied by both pilots on the side-sticks, due to the design software logic that operates at these specific moments, and did not flare. Announcements of 'dual-input' warning were heard at the time. Then the captain, in view of the 'sink rate' warnings, selected TOGA power setting to go around and abort the landing. The pilot's actions on the flight controls could not avoid a hard touchdown of the aircraft in a slight nose down attitude, and the captain decided to continue the landing and to stop the aircraft. The aircraft slowed-down along 1,100 metres of the runway within the paved surface. It finally came to a stop with its horizontal axis at an angle of 60° to the right of the runway centerline. During the landing roll the nose landing gear collapsed, the four tires of the main gear burst and the engine nacelles, on which the aircraft was leaning after the collapse, dragged along the pavement. Once the aircraft came to a halt, the captain ordered its evacuation, which was carried out using all the exit doors and their slides. During the evacuation a cabin crew member and 24 passengers were injured. All injuries were considered minor except for one, a female passenger whose injuries were considered serious. Seven injured people were taken to hospital.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident was the activation of the angle of attack protection system which, under a particular combination of vertical gusts and windshear and the simultaneous actions of both crew members on the sidesticks, not considered in the design, prevented the aeroplane from pitching up and flaring during the landing.
Final Report:
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Crash of an Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette in Córdoba: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 25, 2000 at 0604 LT
Registration:
EC-DQG
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Málaga - Córdoba
MSN:
27
YOM:
1976
Flight number:
MYO611
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Captain / Total hours on type:
3251.00
Copilot / Total hours on type:
22
Aircraft flight hours:
5743
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Málaga-Pablo Ruiz Picasso Airport at 0543LT on a positioning flight to Córdoba. On board were two pilots who were flying to Córdoba to pick up a medical team for a transplantation mission. Fifteen minutes after takeoff, the crew started the descent but encountered poor visibility due to the night and foggy conditions. At that moment, the horizontal visibility was 300 metres and the vertical visibility about 500 feet. As Córdoba Airport was not equipped with an ILS system, the crew decided to attempt an approach via a GPS system. On final approach, the aircraft was too low, struck a utility pole then crashed onto a uninhabited house located 1,500 metres short of runway 21. The aircraft was destroyed, one pilot was killed and the second was seriously injured.
Probable cause:
The accident occurred when the aircraft crew carried out an approach maneuver to Córdoba Airport in conditions of very reduced visibility in fog, based exclusively on the GPS receiver of the communications navigation system installed in the aircraft and without reliably monitoring the ground separation. It is likely that the decision to carry out this maneuver was influenced by a pressure to complete the mission, self-generated by the crew members, or self-generated by the pilot-in-command, and induced or not by him and the copilot, as a consequence of an urgent humanitarian operation that entrusted about the confidence of the pilot-in-command and his experience, the navigation system that equipped the aircraft and the knowledge of the destination airport.
Final Report:
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Crash of a Cessna 402B in Palma de Mallorca
Date & Time:
Jun 11, 2000
Registration:
EC-EPK
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
402B-1036
YOM:
1975
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
During the last segment, while completing the flare, the twin engine aircraft landed hard. Upon impact, the undercarriage were torn off and the aircraft slid on its belly for few dozen metres before coming to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
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Crash of a Casa 212-DE Aviocar 100 near Cubillejo: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 22, 2000 at 1745 LT
Registration:
TM.12D-73
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Seville - Zaragoza
MSN:
314
YOM:
1983
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
While cruising in poor weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located near Cubillejo. All seven occupants were killed.