Narrative:
A Metro II aircraft sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Bocas Del Toro Airport, Isla Colón, Panama.
According to the airport manager a group of foreign cameramen were filming at the runway end at the time the aircraft arrived. The pilot attempted to go around but failed. The aircraft settled down and went off the runway into a thicket of a wild cane.
» Critica 11-5-2000
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Wednesday 10 May 2000 |
| Time: | 10:09 |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Operator: | Mapiex Aero |
| Registration: | HP-1364MAM |
| MSN: | TC-324 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Bocas Del Toro Airport (BOC) ( Panama)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Bocas Del Toro Airport (BOC/MPBO), Panama |
A Metro II aircraft sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Bocas Del Toro Airport, Isla Colón, Panama.
According to the airport manager a group of foreign cameramen were filming at the runway end at the time the aircraft arrived. The pilot attempted to go around but failed. The aircraft settled down and went off the runway into a thicket of a wild cane.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Panamá América 10-5-2000» Critica 11-5-2000
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