ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324115
| Date: | Tuesday 28 October 1997 |
| Time: | 16:17 |
| Type: |  Fairchild FH-227D |
| Owner/operator: | Aerogal - Aerolineas Galapagos |
| Registration: | HC-BUF |
| MSN: | 573 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ambato-Chachoan Airport (ATF) -
 Ecuador
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU) |
| Ambato-Chachoan Airport (ATF/SEAM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fairchild HC-BUF was carrying company staff and equipment to the provisional operations base at Ambato. The approach was flown at 100 knots (12 knots too fast). Touchdown was very late, with just 900 m of runway remaining. Ground fine pitch was selected, but this did not work; the aircraft overran the runway by 170 m and fell into a 90 m deep ravine.
It appeared that flight preparation had been poor (the co-pilot did not calculate the approach and landing speeds, and the captain did not know the exact landing weight). Furthermore, Aerogal had not prepared documentation required for the operations at Ambato and failed to train its personnel in the airport's characteristics and special features.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/98 (#35)
Tommy Maurer
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI); December 1992
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