Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Chagual – Lima

MSN:

BB-214

YOM:

1977

Location:

Lima-Callao-Jorge Chávez

Lima

Country:

Peru

Region:

South America

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Captain / Total flying hours:

4279

Copilot / Total flying hours:

4477

Aircraft flight hours:

23723

Circumstances:

En route from Chagual to Lima, at a distance of of 25 miles from Lima-Callao-Jorge Chávez Airport, the fuel pressure dropped and the left engine stopped. The crew continued the descent to Lima when, on final, the right engine failed as well. Both propellers were feathered and the crew attempted an emergency landing in an open field. The aircraft came to rest 3,5 km from the runway threshold. All 12 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Operation with four consecutive flights made by the same crew to Chagual aerodrome (an aerodrome that demands a high alertness and situational awareness due to difficult topographical conditions), a long and exhausting day flying and working together with the multiple functions performed by the technical crew (dispatcher, payer, loader, cabin crew) probably decreased the performance and capacity of the technical crew and safety. Poor planning on the part of the Operations and Sales Management of the Aero Condor Company Charter, by not providing the NOTAM which showed the lack of JET A1 fuel in Trujillo causing programming, operational and logistic difficulties.

Final Report:

Crash of a Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 in Coca

Date & Time: Apr 7, 2005 at 0955 LT

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F28 Fellowship

Operator:

Registration:

HC-CDA

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Quito – Coca

MSN:

11230

YOM:

1986

Flight number:

ICD504

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

36087

Aircraft flight cycles:

46662

Circumstances:

Following an uneventful flight from Quito, the crew started the approach to Coca Airport runway 15. Too low on final, the aircraft landed 4,5 metres short of runway. Upon impact, the left main gear was torn off. The aircraft rolled for 112 metres then veered off runway to the left, rolled another 263 metres then came to rest against a concrete wall. All 65 occupants were rescued, among them seven passengers were injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the crew thought the Coca runway was short. To be able to stop the plane on the runway without excessive use of the brakes, the crew decided to land as early as possible. Doing so, the aircraft landed 4,5 metres short of runway. The published procedure request a minimum altitude of 50 feet over the threshold and the AFM showed a landing distance of 930 metres needed at maximum landing weight considering 42° of flaps, speed brakes out, lift dumpers armed, antiskid operative. Wrong approach procedure on part of the crew.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12B in Al Mukalla

Date & Time: Mar 31, 2005 at 1902 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-12

Operator:

Air BAS Transportation

Registration:

UN-11007

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Swearingen SA227 Metro III

Schedule:

Al Mukalla – Sharjah

MSN:

9 3 465 09

YOM:

1969

Flight number:

BIS6311

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

35115

Aircraft flight cycles:

13125

Circumstances:

The four engine aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Al Mukalla to Sharjah with eight crew members on board and a load consisting of 7 tons of fish. During the takeoff roll on runway 06, at a speed of 225 km/h, the nose gear collapsed. The captain initiated an emergency braking procedure. To avoid a collision with the radio-technical equipment car, he steered the aircraft to the left. After it veered off runway, the aircraft rolled for about 400 metres and came to rest in a sandy area about 30 metres to the left of the extended centerline. All eight occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

For unknown reasons, the flight engineer retracted the landing gear prematurely during the takeoff procedure without any instruction from the captain. Actions of flight engineer in violation of technology of standard operating procedures, by fixing of landing gear switch to 'retract position' after that to "neutral" without report to the Captain leaded to rise and development of occurrence.

Crash of a Swearingen SA227AC Metro III in Dade-Collier

Date & Time: Mar 30, 2005 at 0735 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

N811BC

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Site:

Gran Propeller - Victoria Air

Schedule:

Miami - Dade-Collier

MSN:

AC-463

YOM:

1981

Location:

Dade-Collier

Florida

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Captain / Total flying hours:

3500

Captain / Total hours on type:

250.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

15700

Copilot / Total hours on type:

1500

Aircraft flight hours:

32203

Circumstances:

The pilot stated that the landing on runway 27 had initially been without incident. During the landing rollout, while the engines were in reverse and brakes were being applied, one of several deer which had entered the airport property, crossed the runway, and impacted the airplane's nose wheel. The impact threw the deer into the left propeller, and the propeller was detached and it punctured the fuselage.

Probable cause:

The airplane's inadvertent impact with one of several deer that had entered the airport property and crossed the runway during the landing rollout.

Final Report:

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-28 in Kampene: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 30, 2005

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-28

Operator:

Registration:

3C-ZZY

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Democratic Republic of Congo

Schedule:

Kampene – Goma

MSN:

1AJ005-23

YOM:

1989

Location:

Kampene

Maniema

Country:

Region:

Africa

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

Shortly after takeoff from Kampene Airport, while in initial climb, one of the engines failed. The aircraft lost height and crashed. Both pilots and one passenger were killed while the second passenger was seriously injured.

Probable cause:

Engine failure for unknown reasons. It was reported that the aircraft was parked somewhere in DRC for almost 2 years without flying. The aircraft was sent to fetch some cargo from Kampene without having undergone the required maintenance.

Crash of a Cessna 208B Caravan in Fazenda Vera Paz

Date & Time: Mar 29, 2005 at 0724 LT

Type of aircraft:

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

Operator:

Registration:

PT-MPA

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Itaituba – Fazenda Vera Paz

MSN:

208B-0627

YOM:

1997

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Captain / Total flying hours:

15000

Captain / Total hours on type:

4200.00

Circumstances:

The single engine airplane departed Itaituba-Mundico Coelho Airport on a cargo flight to Fazenda Vera Paz, a private airstrip located 360 km southwest from Itaituba Airport, carrying one pilot and a load of foods. After touchdown on runway 32, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that veered off runway to the left and came to rest in a drainage ditch, bursting into flames. The pilot escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Probable cause:

Loss of control on landing for unknown reasons. It was not possible to determine whether the heavy rainfall that occurred in the region effectively contributed to the loss of control of the aircraft on the ground. In addition to the narrowing of the runway, the position of the drainage ditch became an obstacle, which prevented the aircraft from decelerating safely, culminating in the collision of the front landing gear against it and the impact of the propeller on the ground.

Final Report:

Crash of an Ilyushin II-18D-40 in Caracas

Date & Time: Mar 28, 2005 at 1615 LT

Type of aircraft:

Ilyushin II-18

Operator:

Registration:

CU-T1539

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar

Schedule:

Caracas – Havana

MSN:

296 4017 102

YOM:

1983

Flight number:

CRN4311

Location:

Vargas

Country:

Venezuela

Region:

South America

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

During the takeoff roll on runway 09, the captain decided to reject takeoff for unknown reasons. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the four engine aircraft overran, lost its undercarriage and came to rest on the top of a hill with the n°1 engine torn off. All 97 occupants were rescued, among them 16 were injured, some seriously.

Crash of a Pilatus PC-12/45 in State College: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 2005 at 1348 LT

Type of aircraft:

Pilatus PC-12

Operator:

J2W Aviation

Registration:

N770G

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Private

Survivors:

Site:

State College-University Park

Schedule:

Naples – State College

MSN:

299

YOM:

1999

Location:

Pennsylvania

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Captain / Total flying hours:

1645

Captain / Total hours on type:

173.00

Aircraft flight hours:

1523

Circumstances:

The accident airplane was on an instrument landing system (ILS) approach to land, when witnesses reported seeing it spinning in a nose down, near vertical attitude before it collided with the ground. The accident site was about 3 miles from the approach end of the intended runway. A review of radar data disclosed that the private pilot had difficulty maintaining altitude and airspeed while on final approach, with significant excursions above and below the glidepath, as well as large variations in airspeed. Interviews with other pilots in the area just prior to and after the accident revealed that icing conditions existed in clouds near the airport, although first responders to the accident site indicated that there was no ice on the airplane. Post accident inspection of the airplane, its engine and flight navigation systems, discovered no evidence of preimpact anomalies. An analysis of the airplane's navigation system's light bulbs, suggests that the pilot had selected the GPS mode for the initial approach, but had not switched to the proper instrument approach mode to allow the autopilot to lock onto the ILS.

Probable cause:

The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall during an instrument final approach to land, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. Factors associated with the accident are the inadvertent stall/spin, the pilot's failure to follow procedures/directives, and clouds.

Final Report:

Crash of a Let L-410UVP-E in El Embrujo: 9 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 2005 at 0951 LT

Type of aircraft:

Let L-410

Operator:

Registration:

HK-4146

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site: