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1997 - 0141.PDF
AIRLINE SAFETY REVIEW 31 October TAM Fokker 100 (PT-MRK) Congonhas Airport. Sao Paulo, Brazil 6/90 6/90 C About 1.5km from the end of the takeoff runway, the aircraft, having failed to dmbrnore than about 90ft, crashed into a four fkwrbuiM uncommanded deployment of the starboard engine thrust+everser. Fatal accidents: regional and commuter airlines Date Carrier Aircraft Type/Registration Location Phase Fatalities Total occupants crew/pax crew/pax 12 January Centravia Piper Navajo Chieftain (TL-AS8) Nr Bambari, Central African Republic 1/9 1/9 ER On domestic charter between Bangui and Koumbala. the pilot reported that he was diverting with one engine failed, but did not succeed in maintaining height. The aircraft was destroyed by fire after impact. 15 January CUT in poor weather. Servicios Aereos AQP Piper Cheyenne II (OB-1403) Mt Chacani. Nr Arequipa. Peru 1/4 1/4 •v, 29 January Soundsair Cessna Caravan I (ZK-SFA) Mt Robertson, Nr Blenheim. New Zealand -/5 2/5 AA CFTTat 1.400ft seme 9km east of the airfield while iribourtd to Koromito operating under VFRandthe crew appears not to have adhered to standardspproach procedures. 12 February Haiti Air Express GAF Nomad (N224E) Mais Gate Airport Port-au^nce. Haiti 2/9 2/13 C Having climbed to 150ft immediately after takeoff, the aircraft rolled right, lost height, stnxk the ground just inside the airfield perimeter and came to rest inverted and on fire. The aircraft, on a scheduled domestic flight to Cap Haitian and Port de Paix. was close to its maximum takeoff weight. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the right engine lost power. 13 March AviaAir Cessna 402B-II (P4AVB) Nr Punto Ftjo, Venezuela 1/7 1/7 ER Redeveloped in the left engine andcontinued after engine shutdown. Although abkz to maintain height, the pilot advised ATCthm he was g and outer wing to break away before landing could be made. 5 April Formosa Airlines Domier 228-200 (B-12257) In sea off Matsu Island. Taiwan -/6 Flew into sea close to beach on short-final approach during an attempted visual approach in rain and tog. The aircraft had been holding awaiting a weather improvement 3 May Federal Airlines AntonovAn-24(ST-FAG) Haj Yousif, Khartoum. Sudan 6/47 Inbound from Wau, southern Sudan, the aircraft crashed in poor visibility reused by ckjst storm during the crew's ninm attempt at an appro 6 May Aerotaca Cessna Skywagon II (HK-2250) Villavicencio, Colombia Crashed into house on approach to Villavicencio airport. Pilot had reported m problerris. &# person en the ground was killed. 1/6 2/15 6/47 1/6 RA RA 11 May Milne Bay Air Pilatus Britten Norman Islander (P2-ISD) Nr Oumba, PapuaNew Guinea -A 1/9 Having taken off from Menyanya (4.000ft airfield elevation) for Marawaka, a short flight which necessitates climbing to dear a 9.000ft ridge, the pilot proceeded up a valley which began to climb and became cloud covered. Aircraft hit trees as pilot tried to turn back. 21 June China Flying Dragon Aviation Harbin Y-12 Mk2 CRT. Struck hillside flying low on approach to Changai in poor visibility. Changai, Shangdong Province. China VI 3/9 28 June Crashed and burned. CNK. Air rvoire Beech 200 King Air (TU-TJE?) Nr Bouafle. fvory Coast 2/1 2/1 9 July Milne Bay Air DHC Twin Otter 300 (P2-MBB) Clancy's Knob. Mendi, Papua New Guinea 1/19 CRT. Theaircraft, inboundto Mendi. flew into a mountain at the 9.200ft level about 5km from the airfield. There was a 700ft cloudbase in the Mendi basin. 11 Jury Archana Airways Let 410UVP (VT-ETC) CUT. Aircraft hit a hillside about 20km from Kulu while inbound. Visibility was reduced by fog. Nr Klandi, Kulu. India 3/6 1/19 3/6 AA 17 July Trans Caribe Airlines DHC Twin Otter 300 (XA-TCF) Playa del Carmen Airport. Yucatan, Mexico Came down about 20m short of the runway threshold. One of the pilots reported that a ftyingcontrol cable appeared to have broken. A 2/16 RA 24 July Myanma Airways Fokker F27-600 (XY-AET) Myeik Airport. Myanmar -/8 5/44 RA On a reportedly 'lowprofile'. visualapproach in poorweather with l,8(X)m visibility and the runway in sight trie a the runway threshold. The copilot reports that he could not maintain height and the aircraft came down some 800m short of the ruriway in an area of ertensive construction work. 6 October GosNIIGA Antonov An-12 (RA-11101) Lucapa. Angola §71 6/13 L Passenger/cargo flight. Aircraft touched down well into the runway, then runway lighting failed during landing run. Aircraft ran off the runway and hit a house, killing one, occupant 26 October Tyumen Aviatrans Yakovlev Yak-40 (RA88257) HanthMansiisk. Russia 3/3 4/30 RA At night in 1.400m visbility and a 200m cloudbase with heavy sriow, the aircraft uridersriot trie runway by 95Cknarxl was 160m to tte 1 November TAPSA Embraer Bandeirante (TG-TPA) Crashed into jungle 8km from airport while transporting tourists to a Mayan temple site. Tikal. Guatemala 2/14 2/14 13 November Kismayo Airlines Piper Navajo Chieftain Nagong Hills. Nr Nairobi. Kenya Pilot reported loss of power from one engine. Tried to return to Nairobi Wilson Airport in IMC. but crashed. 1/7 1/7 14 November Crashed on take-off. Antonov An-2(?) Nr BolshayaPyssa. Russia 1/12 2/12 TO 19 November United Express Beech 1900C (N87GL) Quincy airfield, Illinois. USA 2/10 2/10 L The Beecfi 1900 was landing at an uncontrolled regional airfield, but collie^ with a Beech King Air at the intersection of the field's two runways. The two people on the King Air, which was taking off, were also killed. 30 November ACES DHC Twin Otter 300 (HK-2602) Padre Amaya mountain, Nr Medellin, Colombia 2/12 2/13 C flew into high ground in fair weather soon after takeoff. Witnesses report that the aircraft was flying nose-high before the wing dropped and the aircraft went out of control. 7 December Dirganta Air Service IPTN/CASA 212 (PK-VSO) Nr Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Indonesia 2/14 2/15 C Crew reported engine fire shortly after takeoff. Witnesses on ground reported fire while the aircraft was still airborne. Aircraft crashed into a factory, killing two people on the ground. Fatal accidents: non-passenger flights Date Carrier Aircraft Type/Registration Location Fatalities Total occupants Phase crew/pax crew/pax 8 January Scibe Airlift Antonov Aiv32B (RA26222) SimbaZikKii Market,Kinshasa, Zaire 1 6 TO Some 300 people on the groundwere killed and 253 sernusly injured when trie An& failed to take off from Kinshasa's N'D the worst thirdparty air accident in history. The captain reports triatatterr&s to lift treriose. even with full rioseop mm, were not wc*k^ 4 February Lineas Aereas del Caribe McDonnell Douglas DO8-50 (HK-3979X)Nr Mariano Roque Atonso Airport. Asuncion, Paraguay 4 4 C The aircraft crashed just after takeoffsome 2km from the airport and slightly to the left of trie extended centreline. Altriough trie aircraft was on a positi^ used the opportunity for unauthorised crew training, throttling back first No 1 and then No 2 engines. The aircraft crashed on a playing field, killing 20 people. At impact the aircraft had gear down, flaps 15°, and its attitude was nosehjgh. 16 February Avtones Commerciales de Guatemalade Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 (TG-JAK) Nr El Quiche, Guatemala 2 2 CATon the approach to land, impact on fairlyflat, but heavilywooded, ground about 8km from the runway. Visibility was poor in "thick tog". The flight was positioning top** up passengers. RA 27 February Air Tropical Antonov An-12 (ER-ACE) Nr Lukapa, Luanda, north Angola Inbound to Lukapa. the aircraft impacted the ground some 35km away from destination airport in darkness and poor visibility. The Mokjavianregistered aircraft came down dose to the mining community, near which a Trans Service Airlift Lockheed Electra L-188 crashed on 18 December. 1995. killing 141 people. The possibility of unlawful interference is being investigated by the Government. 5 April KrasAir llyushin 11-76 Nr Petropavtovsk-Karnchatsky. eastern Russia 21 21 AA CAT. Thefreight aircraft hit high ground'm poorweather afterbeing clearedto descend for Petropavlovsk. The aircraft was some 35km south olthe published approach corridor. 24 April Tanzania Air Services Cessna Caravan II (5H-TZD) Mt Palapala. Nr Morogoro. Tanzania 1 1 AA CAT. Hit mountain in poor weather while positioning for an approach at Morogoro airfield to pick up passengers. 6 June Hoseba Airlines llyushin 11-76 (UR-76539) Returning empty KinshasaAthens. the aircraft came down 200m from runway after takeoff. Ndjili International Airport. Kinshasa. Zaire 10 TO 9 June Iran Air Boeing 727-200 (EP-IRU) Rasht. northern Iran After the 15th in a series ot toudhandgo landings, during crew training, the aircraft crastied about 5km from the airport. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 15 - 21 January 1997 35
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